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[get what's
coming to one] or {slang} [get one's] {v. phr.} Toreceive the good or bad that
you deserve; get what is due to you; getyour share.
At the end of the movie
the villain got what was comingto him and was put in jail.
John didn't think
he was getting whatwas coming to him, so he quit the job.
Mother told Mary
that she'dget hers if she kept on being naughty.
Compare: CATCH IT, HAVE
ITCOMING, SERVE RIGHT.
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