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  • verb Used other than as an idiom: see get,‎ it.
  • verb idiomatic To get what's coming to one: to feel someone's wrath; to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating.

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  • verb receive punishment
  • verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty

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