Idiom
get what one asked for
Meaning
Synonym of get what's coming to one.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He cheated on the test and got what he asked for.”
“She ignored all the safety warnings while hiking, so when she got lost, she really got what she asked for.”
“After years of provoking his rivals with reckless insults, the politician finally faced a public scandal and truly got what he asked for.”
Examples
simple
“He cheated on the test and got what he asked for.”
contextual
“She ignored all the safety warnings while hiking, so when she got lost, she really got what she asked for.”
complex
“After years of provoking his rivals with reckless insults, the politician finally faced a public scandal and truly got what he asked for.”
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