comeuppance

comeuppance

n. (colloq.)

well-deserved misfortune

to get one's comeuppance

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[ˌkʌm'ʌpəns]
(colloq.) ['well-deserved misfortune'] to get one's comeuppance

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  • comeuppance — (n.) also comeupance, 1859, presumably rooted in come up present oneself for judgment before a tribunal + ANCE (Cf. ance) …   Etymology dictionary

  • comeuppance — [n] deserved fate due, due reward, just deserts, just punishment, recompense, requital, retribution; concept 679 …   New thesaurus

  • comeuppance — ► NOUN informal ▪ a punishment or fate that someone deserves …   English terms dictionary

  • comeuppance — ☆ comeuppance [kum΄up′əns ] n. [< COME + UP1 + ANCE] Informal deserved punishment; retribution …   English World dictionary

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  • comeuppance — [[t]kʌ̱mʌ̱pəns[/t]] also come uppance N SING: usu poss N (approval) If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done. [INFORMAL] The… …   English dictionary

  • comeuppance — [kam”apants] n. a well deserved rebuke. □ He finally got the comeuppance that he’s needed for so long. □ I gave her a comeuppance she’ll never forget …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • comeuppance — /kum up euhns/, n. Informal. deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant: He finally got his comeuppance for his misbehavior. [1855 60, Amer.; from phrase come up + ANCE] * * * …   Universalium

  • comeuppance — noun /kʌmˈʌpəns/ An outcome which is justly deserved (and invariably unpleasant). So when Browns second wife turned out a reglar ternygrunt, I want in no wise upset, for he needed a comeuppance, an he got it in her. Syn: just deserts …   Wiktionary

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