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 those who, well, have it coming to them.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

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

Poor papa was just like that when he used to have it coming on; and Leonora is not just—altogether—what you would call a female, Frank.

From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)