idiom
poetic justice
poh-ET-ik JUS-tis
poʊˈɛtɪk ˈdʒʌstɪsListen
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Syllable breakdown
poeticjustice
Dictionary meaning
a fitting or ironic twist of fate in which a wrongdoer is punished or a good person rewarded in a way that seems peculiarly appropriate, as though a story had been crafted to deliver a satisfying moral outcome
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