COMEUPPANCE


Meaning of COMEUPPANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kʌmʌpəns ]

also come-uppance

If you say that someone has got their comeuppance , 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 comeuppance.

= just deserts

N-SING : usu poss N [ approval ]

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