(it) serves (someone) right
idiom
—used to say that someone who has behaved badly deserves a particular punishment, problem, etc.
"I hear his wife is divorcing him." "It serves him right after the way he's treated her."
"He won't even talk to me." " Serves you right for lying to him."
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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