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Definition of Have it coming
1. Verb. Deserve (either good or bad). "It's too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming"
Definition of Have it coming
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Have It Coming
Literary usage of Have it coming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Greenaway by Marion Harry Spielmann, George Somes Layard (1905)
"... it is so cheering to have it coming again— RUSKIN TO KATE GREENAWAY BRANTWOOD,
i Dec. 1886. That is delightful hearing about Mrs. Allingham. ..."
2. Minutes and Testimony of the Joint Legislative Committee Appointed to by New York (State), Legislature (1916)
"Frequently there is a misuse, but I have no control over the thing, but if I have
it coming in all the time, I will take it as fast as I can get it from any ..."
3. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"I believe it is as near the Democratic declaration of faith as we can expect to
have it, coming from the opposite side. One thing about it, above all others ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1884)
"I should hardly like to have it coming back again to be altered to suit his taste."
" His taste is for colour ; I think you have considered it. ..."
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