have it coming
Justified payback awaits
To have it coming is to deserve a bad outcome because of one's own actions.
The phrase implies that misfortune or punishment is justified: After years of cheating his partners, he had it coming.
Often used when someone finally faces consequences they've long evaded: She got fired, but honestly, she had it coming.
- deserveBe entitled to
- get itUnderstand, often informally
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
- just desertsMerited reward or punishment
karma · ask for it · culpability · reckoning · face the music · pay the piper · accountability · retribution · due · be in for · comeuppance · consequence · punishment · inevitable · serve someone right · blameworthiness · poetic justice · repercussions
- retributionretribution, revenge, payback, vengeance, retaliation
have it comingundeserving
Not meriting what's given
blameless · guiltless · unmerited · caught in the crossfire · collateral damage
have it cominginnocent
Free from moral wrong
guiltless · blameless · faultless · above reproach · clean hands
have, having, haves, coming, comers, upcoming, oncoming, incoming, outcome