get your comeuppance

get (one's) comeuppance

To receive retribution that one deserves; to get one's just desserts. Don't worry, she'll get her comeuppance—you can't gossip about people without them doing the same to you eventually. I know that shyster will get his comeuppance one of these days—cheaters never prosper! He definitely got his comeuppance after ripping people off for so long—he's homeless and penniless now.

See also: comeuppance, get

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get your comeˈuppance

(informal) receive a punishment for something bad that you have done and that other people feel you really deserve: I was glad to see that the bad guy got his comeuppance at the end of the movie.

See also: comeuppance, get

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