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get (one’s) comeuppance

(1) Punishment or reward for one's actions; (2) getting what you have coming to you; (3) getting what you deserve; (4) karma.

Etymology:

  • also comeupance, "one's deserts, reversal or punishment that one deserves," 1859, presumably it is rooted in the same notion in the verbal phrase come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal" (see come + up (adv.)) + -ance.
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Tom kept belittling Joe last night; so when Joe punched Tom, Tom got his comeuppance.

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