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reap the whirlwind

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reap the whirlwind (American)

to have serious problems because you did something stupid in the past. Having fired some of his best reporters, he's now reaping the whirlwind with rapidly declining newspaper sales.

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They sowed wind, and wind, and ever more wind; for they alone knew how to reap the whirlwind and make a profit out of it. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context More results

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