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comeuppance

.kʌm'ʌpәns4 senses · 65 ms
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noun/kʌmˈʌpəns/
  1. 1

    Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.uncountableusually

    • So when Brown's second wife turned out a reg'lar ternygrunt, I wa'n't in no wise upset, for he needed a comeuppance, an' he got it in her.
    • May they soon be resumed when Hitler, that dirty little housepainter, gets his comeuppance; and Hirohito finds our heroes turning on the heat-o.

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