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get his

NOUN
deserts
Synonyms
STRONG
chastening chastisement comeuppance compensation deserving discipline disciplining due guerdon lumps meed merit payment penalty punishment recompense requital retribution return revenge reward right
WEAK
get hers talion what is coming to one what one is asking for
Antonyms
STRONG
award forgiveness pardon penalty reward sympathy

Example Sentences

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“We are here because Mr. Musk didn’t get his ⁠way at OpenAI.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

For years, and more urgently in recent months, Perez said their family had tried to better protect Callan, 11, and get his father, 37-year-old Giovanni Perez, the help he needed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

James has to work remotely as a lawyer as he studies to get his New Zealand certificate, but his brother and his family moved to Timaru recently, and he’s working on his parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

He said: “Leo should get his act together as Pope.”

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Coal twisted, trying to get loose, but only managed to get his pants further mangled.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste