"have it coming" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have it coming.ogg Forms: has it coming [present, singular, third-person], having it coming [participle, present], had it coming [participle, past], had it coming [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> it coming}} have it coming (third-person singular simple present has it coming, present participle having it coming, simple past and past participle had it coming)
  1. (idiomatic) To deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: ask for it, ask for trouble, be in for, get what one asked for, get what's coming to one, just deserts, karma, payback, poetic justice, serve someone right Translations (to deserve or merit): olla jollekulle oikein [usually] (Finnish), ansaita (Finnish), le chercher (French), es verdient haben (German), הִגִּיעַ לוֹ (higgía' lo) (Hebrew), rászolgál (Hungarian), doigrać się [perfective] (Polish), напрошуватися (naprošuvatysja) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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