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- COMEUPPANCE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of COMEUPPANCE is a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts How to use comeuppance in a sentence
- COMEUPPANCE Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant He finally got his comeuppance for his misbehavior An Americanism first recorded in 1855–60; from the phrase come up (as in judgment for a trial) + -ance Examples have not been reviewed
- COMEUPPANCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
COMEUPPANCE meaning: 1 a person's bad luck that is considered to be a fair and deserved punishment for something bad… Learn more
- Comeuppance - definition of comeuppance by The Free Dictionary
A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just desserts: "That was the joy of a video game: watching someone who deserved it getting his comeuppance" (Jodi Picoult)
- comeuppance noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of comeuppance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- comeuppance, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun comeuppance See ‘Meaning use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence
- comeuppance - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
comeuppance (usually uncountable, plural comeuppances) Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved 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
- Comeuppance - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
Comeuppance describes a fate or punishment that's deserved, like when an arrogant trash-talking quarterback fumbles the ball on the last play and loses the game for his team Comeuppance began as a term that meant "present oneself for judgment by a tribunal "
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