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le méritaient

deserved it

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phrase Uncommon #11,582
deserved it Used with a plural subject for something they deserved in the past.
FR: Ils le méritaient après tout leur travail.
EN: They deserved it after all their hard work.

Ils ont déclenché l'alarme, ils le méritaient.

They set off the alarm; they deserved it.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Ils le méritaient.

They deserved it.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

C'est dommage d'ailleurs parce qu'il y en a quelques-unes qui le méritaient.

It's a shame, actually, because there were a few who deserved it.

— Les Invasions barbares (2003)

Mais beaucoup d'entre eux ne le méritaient pas.

But many of them didn’t deserve it.