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have it coming to one Definition


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coming
noun
    1. An arrival or approach.
      Thesaurus: arrival, approach, accession, advent, birth.
adj
    1. colloq
      Likely to succeed.
      Example: the coming man
      Thesaurus: ambitious, promising, up-and-coming, probable, brilliant, encouraging; Antonym: hopeless, discouraging.
    2. Approaching.
      Example: in the coming months
      Thesaurus: approaching, forthcoming, impending, imminent, prospective, anticipated, predestined, eventual, fated, written.
exclamation
    1. Used as a promise of arrival.
      Example: Coming! I'll just put this away first
Idiom: have it coming to one
    To deserve what is about to happen to one.
Idiom: up and coming
    Promising; progressing well.
    Approaching.
      Example: the up and coming share issue


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