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get one's lumps

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
take one's lumps
pasttense
getted one's lumpsgot one's lumps
presentparticiple
getting one's lumps
thirdpersonsingular
gets one's lumps
pastparticiple
getted one's lumpsgotten one's lumps