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have it coming en · VERB

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions.
   • He was on his first vacation in ten years and he figured he had it coming to him. 1940 February 5, “Manufacturing: Done with Mirrors”, in Time, archived from the original on 25 May 2009:
   • You had that coming (to you).
   • But when the shock had faded, more hard-headed reaction set in. This wasn’t just the feeling that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming. 2001 October 4, Mary Beard, “11 September”, in London Review of Books, volume 23, number 19, →ISSN:
   • Although one might baulk at giving an 83-year-old a hard time, this particular 83-year-old has it coming. 2007 April 8, Ruth Dudley Edwards, “Kissinger on Black list of witnesses for the defence”, in Irish Independent, retrieved 24 Jan 2010:

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Relateds

look for trouble · have it your way · burn one's fingers · get what one asked for · just deserts · reap the whirlwind · get what's coming to one · ask for trouble · poetic justice · face the music · pay the fiddler · it's someone's funeral · as you make your bed, so you must lie in it · serve someone right · ask for it · payback · pay the price · karma · be in for

Translations (12)

uk напрошуватися (to deserve or merit) · hu rászolgál (to deserve or merit) · pl doigrać się (to deserve or merit) · cs zasloužit si (to deserve or merit) · es bienhecho (to deserve or merit) · de es verdient haben (to deserve or merit) · fi ansaita (to deserve or merit) · he הִגִּיעַ לוֹ (to deserve or merit) · es ya merecérselo (to deserve or merit) · es bienhechito (to deserve or merit) · fi olla jollekulle oikein (to deserve or merit) · fr le chercher (to deserve or merit)