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comeuppance
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Comeuppance
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come·up·pance
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ˌkʌmˈʌp
əns
/
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kuhm-
uhp
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uh
ns
]
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noun
Informal.
deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant:
He finally got his comeuppance for his misbehavior.
Origin:
1855–60,
Americanism; from phrase
come up
+
-ance
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comeuppance
(ˌkʌmˈʌpəns)
—
n
informal
just retribution
[C19: from
come up
(in the sense: to appear before a judge or court for judgment)]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
comeuppance
1859, presumably rooted in come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Still, the old bulls can deliver some
comeuppance
to the insurgents.
Angels have proliferated in popular culture in such profusion lately that maybe
they needed a
comeuppance
.
We will get our
comeuppance
for our arrogance and blindness.
It is said that when the villainess received her
comeuppance
, movie audiences
were known to stand up and cheer.
Coyote receives his
comeuppance
when he tries to take something that does not belong to him.
Roger gets his
comeuppance
, and almost everyone else lives happily ever after.
Thus students who fail to do this work get their
comeuppance
during exams, as the necessary knowledge is not deeply imprinted.
As in all the other versions of this story, they succeed, but eventually receive a morally satisfying
comeuppance
.
Kids playing hooky and the truant officer gets his
comeuppance
in the end.
After his inevitable
comeuppance
and exile from the magic kingdom, he emerges chastened.
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