"have another thing coming" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have another thing coming.ogg [Australia] Forms: has another thing coming [present, singular, third-person], having another thing coming [participle, present], had another thing coming [participle, past], had another thing coming [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> another thing coming}} have another thing coming (third-person singular simple present has another thing coming, present participle having another thing coming, simple past and past participle had another thing coming)
  1. (idiomatic, especially US) Alternative form of have another think coming Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, especially, idiomatic Alternative form of: have another think coming
    Sense id: en-have_another_thing_coming-en-verb-HGewm6iq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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