Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get what one asked for

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.19 in modern English

Syllables
get what one asked -for
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of get what's coming to one.

Inflected Forms

gets what one asked for (present, singular) getting what one asked for (participle, present) got what one asked for (past) got what one asked for (UK, participle) gotten what one asked for (US, participle)

Phrases

ask for it ask for trouble

Frequently Paired Words

ask for it ask for trouble

Synonyms

get what's coming to one

Questions

What does get what one asked for mean?
Synonym of get what's coming to one.

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