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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
comeuppance
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
get
▪ The animals are, and he's got his comeuppance.
▪ Nobody could doubt that metalwork was going to get its comeuppance.
▪ There's no better entertainment than seeing a bunch of over-paid, pampered prima donnas getting their comeuppance.
▪ Smugly repaired, it was on the wet homeward trip that I got my comeuppance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At the end highway robberies, riots and an unspecified sense of comeuppance is what we are left with.
▪ Bad guys did not suffer their comeuppance in Act V on the forty-first floor.
▪ But what you might encounter now is a club that has suffered not a devastating loss, but a jarring comeuppance.
▪ The animals are, and he's got his comeuppance.
▪ The bad man always got his comeuppance, the hero got the girl.
▪ They think they're wooing the masses; instead they're sowing the seeds of their comeuppance.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
comeuppance

comeuppance \come`up"pance\ (k[u^]m`[u^]p"pans), n. An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts; as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
comeuppance

also comeupance, 1859, presumably rooted in verbal phrase come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal" + -ance.

Wiktionary
comeuppance

n. A negative outcome which is justly deserved.

WordNet
comeuppance

n. an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved [syn: deserts, comeupance]

Wikipedia
Comeuppance (Sphere3 album)

Comeuppance is the first full album released by British progressive rock/ jazz fusion band Sphere3.

Comeuppance

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Comeuppance (film)

Comeuppance is a 2000 Hong Kong comedy thriller film directed by Derek Chiu, with Jordan Chan and Patrick Tam.

Usage examples of "comeuppance".

Of course it's different now and the next generation's lucky, they're going to change things, turn things around and give men their comeuppance once and for all.

Well, it won't be long before they all get their comeuppance, Broadhurst particularly.

Even in Russia the tablestll be turned and the KGB'll get their comeuppance from Russians that's why the pressure now.

Burning to uncover how Morriel's construct might serve the s'Ffalenn prince his comeuppance, Lirenda mapped a parallel strand in the weave.

I always did like to see a man get his comeuppance," she muttered as she turned to go back into the kitchen.

They either think I’m getting my comeuppance, or that I’m the bravest man walking.

You're in aching need of more such shocking comeuppances, you arrogant, lying bastard.

In movies, people always breezed through such experiences to perform acrobatic escapes or deliver comeuppances with interest on their aggressors.

I guess I imagined all sorts of comeuppances for a useless old fart like yourself, but certainly never this.

The creep actually chuckled and said it was about time you got your comeuppance.

We suffered a periodic comeuppance but bounced back as triumphalistic as ever.

On the one hand, seeing Baxter get his comeuppance was worth its weight in gold.