deserves to lose

[common] Said of someone who willfully does the {Wrong Thing}; humorously, if one uses a feature known to be {marginal}. What is meant is that one deserves the consequences of one's {losing} actions. "Boy, anyone who tries to use {mess-dos} deserves to {lose}!" ({ITS} fans used to say the same thing of {Unix}; many still do.) See also {screw}, {chomp}, {bagbiter}.

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