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."