have it coming

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Deserve what one receives, as in You may not like being reprimanded, but you have to admit you had it coming, or When he won the Nobel Prize, everyone said he'd had it coming for a long time. [c. 1900]

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have it coming

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 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

And he scams people who have it coming — they go down because they’re greedy.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2017

Maybe that is strong talk—but you have it coming!

From The Brand of Silence A Detective Story by Harrington Strong

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