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HAVE IT COMING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does have it coming mean?
• HAVE IT COMING (verb)
The verb HAVE IT COMING has 1 sense:
1. deserve (either good or bad)
Familiarity information: HAVE IT COMING used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deserve (either good or bad)
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
It's too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming
Hypernyms (to "have it coming" is one way to...):
deserve; merit (be worthy or deserving)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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