"reap the whirlwind" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-reap the whirlwind.ogg [Australia] Forms: reaps the whirlwind [present, singular, third-person], reaping the whirlwind [participle, present], reaped the whirlwind [participle, past], reaped the whirlwind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} reap the whirlwind (third-person singular simple present reaps the whirlwind, present participle reaping the whirlwind, simple past and past participle reaped the whirlwind)
  1. Ellipsis of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: sow the wind, reap the whirlwind Related terms: reap what one sows
    Sense id: en-reap_the_whirlwind-en-verb-hEnl1vGW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. (idiomatic) To suffer bad consequences for one's actions. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-reap_the_whirlwind-en-verb-bfhrH-yY

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