have it coming

Idioms and Phrases

Deserve what one receives, as in You may not like being reprimanded, but you have to admit you had it coming , or When he won the Nobel Prize, everyone said he'd had it coming for a long time . [c. 1900]

Example Sentences

We’ve wanted this battle since Season 1, so we can’t blame Condal for reminding us that sometimes our fantasy bloodlust claims those who least deserve it along with the ones who have it coming.

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During a CNN town hall, for instance, he insinuated to a cheering crowd Carroll had it coming because she's allegedly the "kind of a woman" who would be alone with him in a dressing room.

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The Trump faithful may truly believe Navalny had it coming, because their leader told them so.

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The day after Trump lost in court for the first time to E. Jean Carroll, he did a CNN town hall where he implied that his victim had it coming.

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They don't call on their social media followers to murder their colleagues and then run around afterward, telling everyone the victim had it coming.

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Related Words

• earn
• gain
• get
• justify
• merit
• warrant
• win