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
Now we have it coming close to another sun that has been similarly afflicted.
From The Black Star Passes by John Wood Campbell