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Discover LudwigThe phrase "just desserts" is a correct and commonly used expression in written English.
You can use it when referring to the fair or deserved consequences or punishment for someone's actions. Example: After years of cheating his clients, the investment banker finally got his just desserts when he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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just desserts
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This spelling is sometimes used as a pun in, for example, restaurant names.
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Or just desserts.
He's getting his just desserts.
"Barbara, Frana and Just Desserts," group show.
RivaldoRules: This is, unfortunately, their just desserts.
He wondered when these "criminals would get their just desserts".
TIVOLI "Barbara, Frana and Just Desserts," group show.
PRUDENCE and virtue do not always receive their just desserts.
Everyone who emerges gets his just desserts: a Lifesaver.
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After feeling so bitterly aggrieved City got their just desserts with those two delicious finishes.
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