come-uppance

Mainstream YA that had several refreshing things about it: the main character was not revealed as irrevocably broken, nobody fixed her, and she did not get her come-uppance.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway ccfinlay 2009

So Lucinda's come-uppance has in part to do with her realization that Sue is a person with pretty ordinary middle-class values.

An Interview With Meghan Daum 2010

I think this woman will get her come-uppance when she is invited to fewer parties in the future or avoided by people at the ones she attends.

Who’s The Dummy, Mummy? | Her Bad Mother 2009

They usually get their come-uppance in a car park one evening.

Citizen Focus – meet the “customer”. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

It's all about baddies getting their come-uppance and wicked stepmothers being rolled down the hill.

An Interview with Minette Walters 2010

The Conservative Movement that is running unchecked throughout this country will be their own downfall and I for one am exceeding glad to see them get their come-uppance, Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't view Palin as a competitor for anything, says Pawlenty 2009

Cue for much dark rumblings about the need for Georgie to get his come-uppance, and recognition on the part of the reader that this is the flight path the story will take.

The Magnificent Ambersons « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Those who do make common cause with humanity's enemies get their come-uppance.

January Books 14) Vampire Science, by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum nwhyte 2010

Now that Quinnipiac has gotten its come-uppance, it will take time before any other college finds the gumption to challenge this unprecedented and unwarranted federal interference in the internal operations of colleges across the land.

The Twisted Logic Of Gender Equity 2010

So Blair never got the electoral come-uppance he so richly deserved.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010