10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE IT COMING TO ONE»
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
have it coming to one to deserve what is about to happen to one. • up and coming
1 promising; progressing well. 2 approaching □ the up and coming share issue.
comings and goings e> plural noun, colioq busde; activity; movement, comity ...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
v come upon (tr) to discover. — have it coming to one (coll) to deserve whatever
unpleasant fate befalls one. — not know whether one is coming or going to be in
a dazed or bewildered state. [OE cuman] comeback t n a return to former success
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Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
... ruined etc: The bullet went into his brain — he's had it, I'm afraid. have it
coming to one see come. have it in for (someone) (inf) to dislike (someone) and
therefore be unpleasant to or try to cause trouble for them: / don't know why he
has it in ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
have it coming to one to deserve the (unpleasant) fate that befalls one. not know
whether one is coming or going to be in a dazed or bewildered state, up and
coming promising; progressing well, comings and goings >pl n, colloq arrivals
and ...
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Bachiesichang Dictionary of English Errors
E.g. come along/on, come across, come to/into – PHRASES come again?, come
off it, come to nothing. come to pass, come to that, come to think of it, come what
may, have it coming (to one), how come?, not know if one is coming or going, ...
King Sulleyman D. Bachiesichang, 2013
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... ruined etc: The bullet went into his brain — he's had it, I'm afraid. have it
coming to one see come. have it in for (someone) (inf) to dislike (someone) and
therefore be unpleasant to or try to cause trouble for them: / don't know why he
has it in ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Concise English Dictionary
... opportunities: to be doomed, beyond hope: to have been killed: (also have had
that) not to be going to get or do (something): have it to prevail: to exceed in any
way: to get punishment, unpleasant consequences: have it coming (to one) (coll.)
...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... or do (something); have it to prevail; to exceed in any way; to get punishment,
unpleasant consequences; have it away (slang) to escape; to have sexual
intercourse (with); have it coming (to one) (colloa) to deserve the bad luck,
punishment, ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
... is speaking). come what may no matter what happens. have it coming (to one)
informal be due for retribution on account of something bad that one has done:
his uppity sister-in-law had it coming to her. how come? informal said when
asking ...
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Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, izraza i izreka
Well, somebody is going to catch hell for that mess. dobiti po zasluzi; dobiti Sto je
zasluzio upor. dobio si Sto si traZio □ to get what's coming to one coll. n to have
it coming to one coll. □ to get one's coll. □ to get/receive one's just deserts □ to
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