comeuppances

come·up·pance (k

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A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" (Judith Crist).

comeuppance [ˌkʌmˈʌpəns]

Informal just retribution

[from come up (in the sense: to appear before a judge or court for judgment)]

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Noun

comeuppance - an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

comeupance, deserts

aftermath, consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

comeuppance

noun (Informal) punishment, dues, deserts, retribution, chastening, recompense, due reward, requital, merit The central character is an evil man who gets his comeuppance in the end.

Translations

comeuppance [ˌkʌmˈʌpəns] N to get one's comeuppance → llevarse su merecido

comeuppance [ˌkʌmˈʌpəns] n
to get one's comeuppance → recevoir ce qu'on mérite

comeuppance

n (inf) to get one’s comeuppance → die Quittung kriegen (inf)

comeuppance [ˌkʌmˈʌpəns] n she got her comeuppance → ha avuto quello che si meritava

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Aa His successor, Mister Mambo, has cast his lot with Harvard and Yale and old Clinton hands, and soon enough, Lord knows, they will get the first of many comeuppances, and their shining faces will be chopfallen.

The Perils and Joys of Self-Esteem by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Ford, I think, is aware of that danger, and attempts--more so than in Women with Men--to diffuse and make less blatant the comeuppances doled out to his heroes.

BREAKING THE SIXTH by Pritchard, William H. / Commonweal

Vinsel COMEUPPANCES can come along even 30 years later, ambushing a man with thinning hair and threads of white in his beard.

MUHAMMAD ALI LEAVES EVERLASTING IMPRESSION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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