Translations for „come-uppance“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

come-up·pance [kʌmˈʌpən(t)s] N no pl

to get one's come-uppance

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Usage examples with come-uppance

to get one's come-uppance

dobiti svoje

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

And what seemed, at first, like another strategy to get his ex- back becomes a pivotal turning point in his come-uppance.

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He played the tour rep bully, who gets his come-uppance in glorious gross-out fashion.

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They spend their days out at sea looking for fish, even though there are few left (something to do with the deities giving bolshy human beings their come-uppance).

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A venerable, good natured-play where the pompous get their come-uppance.

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Those who have sought to enrich themselves at the expense of the blameless taxpayer jolly well deserve their come-uppance.

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Of course, they will slowly get their come-uppance because their system doesn't work better in all respects.

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She writes characters you love, or you love to hate and you can't wait to see them get their come-uppance.

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His come-uppance proves richly satisfying.

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In true genre tradition, the alien gets its come-uppance faced with human ability to reason logically.

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