Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get one's

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
get one's
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To get what's coming to one; to receive one's comeuppance; to suffer the undesirable consequences of one's misdeeds.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets one's (present, singular) getting one's (participle, present) got one's (past) gotten one's (participle, past) got one's (participle, past)

Questions

What does get one's mean?
To get what's coming to one; to receive one's comeuppance; to suffer the undesirable consequences of one's misdeeds.

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