have it coming
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have it coming (third-person singular simple present has it coming, present participle having it coming, simple past and past participle had it coming)
- (idiomatic) To deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions.
- 1940 Feb. 5, "Manufacturing: Done with Mirrors," Time:
- He was on his first vacation in ten years and he figured he had it coming to him.
- 2007 April 8, Ruth Dudley Edwards. "Kissinger on Black list of witnesses for the defence," Irish Independent (retrieved 24 Jan. 2010):
- Although one might baulk at giving an 83-year-old a hard time, this particular 83-year-old has it coming.
- 1940 Feb. 5, "Manufacturing: Done with Mirrors," Time:
Translations
to deserve or merit
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See also
- just deserts
- karma
- payback
- poetic justice
- serve someone right