VERB | cognition | get one's lumps, take one's lumps | suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions |
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Meaning | Suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | take one's lumps | |
Broader | pay | bear (a cost or penalty) , in recompense for some action |
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