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.

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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