"instant karma" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1957, May Sarton, The Fur Person, New York: Rinehart, page 21",
          "text": "He was after all, still a young cat, and at this instant karma was stronger than any rule or regulation.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire (lyrics and music), “I've Seen All Good People”, performed by Yes",
          "text": "Don't surround yourself with yourself\nMove on back two squares\nSend an instant karma to me\nInitial it with loving care.",
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        {
          "ref": "1991 May 5, The Canberra Times, page 9, column 2",
          "text": "The eyes that met Paul's across a crowded London club 22 years ago when she was an unknown freelance photographer and he was, what? A god? \"Instant karma\" — this said romantically.",
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        "A circumstance where something deserving but unexpected happens, especially, when a person's actions backfire and cause an immediate unforeseen and unintended effect that may be deemed just deserts for those actions."
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          "deserving"
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          "unexpected",
          "unexpected"
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          "backfire",
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          "just deserts",
          "just deserts"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "circumstance",
          "word": "現世報"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "karmic retribution within one's lifetime",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiànshìbào",
          "sense": "circumstance",
          "word": "现世报"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "välitön karma (idiomatic expression with similar meaning: saada ansionsa mukaan)",
          "sense": "circumstance"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "as a noun, rare anglicism",
          "sense": "circumstance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sofortiges Karma"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "circumstance",
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          "word": "kleine Sünden bestraft der liebe Gott sofort"
        }
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  "word": "instant karma"
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        },
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          "ref": "1971, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire (lyrics and music), “I've Seen All Good People”, performed by Yes",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "circumstance",
      "word": "現世報"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "karmic retribution within one's lifetime",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànshìbào",
      "sense": "circumstance",
      "word": "现世报"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "välitön karma (idiomatic expression with similar meaning: saada ansionsa mukaan)",
      "sense": "circumstance"
    },
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      "word": "sofortiges Karma"
    },
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      "word": "kleine Sünden bestraft der liebe Gott sofort"
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  "word": "instant karma"
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