"reaped what one sowed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: reap what one sows [canonical], reaps what one sows [third-person, singular], reaped what one sowed [past], reaped what one has sown [past, participle], reaping what one sows [present, participle]
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  1. The past tense of reap what one sows.
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