Англо-русский словарь - comeuppance
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comeuppance
noun amer.; coll. отповедь, взбучка
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1. разг. возмездие; заслуженное наказание he got his comeuppance —- он получил по заслугам ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. colloq. one's deserved fate or punishment (got his comeuppance). Etymology: COME + UP + -ANCE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
noun Etymology: come up + -ance Date: 1859 a deserved rebuke or penalty ; deserts ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
also come-uppance If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done. (INFORMAL) The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his comeuppance. = just deserts N-SING: usu poss N c darkgreen]approval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n informal a punishment or something bad which happens to you that you really deserve (get your compeuppance) (You'll get your comeuppance one day, you'll see!) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1958, presumably rooted in come up "present oneself for judgement before a tribunal." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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