get (one's) comeuppance
get (one's) comeuppance
To receive retribution. Don't worry, she'll get her comeuppance—you can't gossip about people without them doing the same to you eventually.
See also: comeuppance, get
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get one's comeuppance
to get a deserved punishment. I can't wait till that snobbish girl gets her comeuppance. Joe got his comeuppance when the teacher caught him making fun of her.
See also: comeuppance, get
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
get one's comeuppance
Receive the treatment one deserves, especially punishment or retribution. For example, She behaved badly, but I'm sure she'll get her comeuppance soon. The exact relationship of comeuppance to the verb come up in its common senses-"rise" and "present itself"-is no longer clear. [Mid-1800s]
See also: comeuppance, get
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
get your comeˈuppance
(informal) receive a punishment for something bad that you have done and that other people feel you really deserve: I was glad to see that the bad guy got his comeuppance at the end of the movie.See also: comeuppance, get
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
get one's comeuppance
Get one’s just deserts, get the retaliation one deserves. This term dates from the mid-1800s and features virtually the only use of the noun comeuppance. William Dean Howells used it in The Rise of Silas Lapham (1884): “Rogers is a rascal . . . but I guess he’ll find he’s got his comeuppance.”
See also: comeuppance, get
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- get comeuppance
- get one's comeuppance
- get your comeuppance
- comeuppance
- get (one's)
- get yours
- give (one) what's coming (to one)
- what's coming (to one)
- what's coming to one
- a dog that'll bring a bone will carry a bone