have something coming
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“If we can do that, I know we’ll win. … I think we have something coming for him. I think we’ll give him something he hasn’t seen before.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022
“I think we have something coming in the future,” Nimmo said, enthusiastically, before acknowledging the obvious.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2015
Down to Earth The companies, or at least those that worked on the SST, apparently have something coming from the Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
“No reason why you shouldn’t have something coming in from your land if you don’t live on it.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
You’d think it’d be happy just to have something coming in, right?
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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