(not used in the progressive tenses) if sb/sth deserves sth, it is right that they should have it, because of the way they have behaved or because of what they are:
[VN] You deserve a rest after all that hard work. * The report deserves careful consideration. * One player in particular deserves a mention. * What have I done to deserve this? * [Vtoinf] They didn't deserve to win. * He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did. [also V-ing]
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sb deserves a medal (spoken) used to say that you admire sb because they have done sth difficult or unpleasant:
She deserves a medal for teaching those 5-year-olds all day!
get what you deserve
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for deserve is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is deserve a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, deserve is tagged as verb.
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