have it coming

Example Sentences

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Unloading your pent-up ire on someone is never right, not even if they have it coming, we're told.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023

It's not that Andy Dalton didn't have it coming either.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 29, 2019

But rising sea levels contaminate groundwater supplies and aquifers, which basically means Pacific Islanders have it coming from all sides.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2018

And he scams people who have it coming — they go down because they’re greedy.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2017

"When he gets the thing figured out, in six months or a year, and savvies it was a put-up job from the start, somebody'll have it coming."

From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by Bower, B. M.