had it coming (to you)
informalIf someone had it coming, something bad happened to them that was deserved:
He's been fired but, with all that time he took off, he had it coming really.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Deserving and deserved
- birthright
- come
- comeuppance
- deserts
- deserve
- deserved
- deservedly
- deserving
- get your just deserts idiom
- hard-earned
- he/she deserves whatever/everything he/she gets idiom
- just
- merit
- serve
- serve sb right idiom
- well earned
- worthy
- worthy