COMEUPPANCE


Meaning of COMEUPPANCE in English

also come-uppance

If you say that someone has got their ~, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done. (INFORMAL)

The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his ~.

= just deserts

N-SING: usu poss N approval

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