have it coming
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It feels dirty, but also delicious – after all, the guys who buy it really, really have it coming.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2024
It’s those who, well, have it coming to them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
It's not that Andy Dalton didn't have it coming either.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 29, 2019
But rising sea levels contaminate groundwater supplies and aquifers, which basically means Pacific Islanders have it coming from all sides.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2018
Poor papa was just like that when he used to have it coming on; and Leonora is not just—altogether—what you would call a female, Frank.
From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
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