get what's coming (to one)

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get what's coming (to one)

To receive what one deserves. Don't worry about those stool pigeons, we'll make sure they get what's coming. After all her hard work, I really hope Mary finally gets what's coming to her. You're such a jerk, Tom. I hope you get what's coming to you after trampling Stacy's feelings like that!
See also: coming, get
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get what's coming to one

Receive what one deserves or is due, especially something unpleasant, such as a punishment or rebuke. For example, When they suspended Steve for cheating, he was only getting what was coming to him.
See also: coming, get, one, to
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Even on all those literate, brilliant British detective shows on Mystery, the justice being offered up is retributive justice--justice that makes certain all the bad folks get what's coming to them.
J is for justice
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