(~s, deserving, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that a person or thing ~s something, you mean that they should have it or receive it because of their actions or qualities.
Government officials clearly ~ some of the blame as well...
These people ~ to make more than the minimum wage...
I felt I ~d better than that...
The Park Hotel has a well-~d reputation.
VERB: V n, V to-inf, V compar, V-ed
2.
If you say that someone got what they ~d, you mean that they ~d the bad thing that happened to them, and you have no sympathy for them.
One of them said the two dead joy riders got what they ~d.
PHRASE feelings