Definition
To deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions.
In Context
- "You had that coming (to you)."
- "He was on his first vacation in ten years and he figured he had it coming to him."
- "But when the shock had faded, more hard-headed reaction set in. This wasn’t just the feeling that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming."
- "Although one might baulk at giving an 83-year-old a hard time, this particular 83-year-old has it coming."
See Also
- ask for it
- ask for trouble
- look for trouble
- as you make your bed, so you must lie in it
- be in for
- burn one's fingers
- face the music
- get what one asked for
- get what's coming to one
- have it your way
- it's someone's funeral
- just deserts
- karma
- payback
- pay the fiddler
- pay the price
- poetic justice
- reap the whirlwind
- serve someone right