- get or take one's lumps
- idi get or take one's lumps, to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc
From formal English to slang. 2014.
get or take one's lumps
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take one's lumps — verb suffer the results or consequences of one s behavior or actions • Syn: ↑get one s lumps • Hypernyms: ↑pay • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * take (or get) one s lumps … Useful english dictionary
take one’s lumps — tv. to accept the result or punishment one deserves. (See also get one’s lumps.) □ You’ve got to learn to take your lumps if you’re going to be in politics. □ I hate taking my lumps. I’d rather pretend nothing had happened … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
get one’s lumps — tv. to get the result or punishment one deserves. (See also take one’s lumps.) □ If she keeps acting that way, she’ll get her lumps. □ We will see that Dave gets his lumps … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
get one's lumps — verb suffer the results or consequences of one s behavior or actions • Syn: ↑take one s lumps • Hypernyms: ↑pay • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * get one s lumps (informal) To be reprimanded or s … Useful english dictionary
take (or get) one's lumps informal, — take (or get) one s lumps informal, chiefly N. Amer. be attacked, punished, or defeated. → lump … English new terms dictionary
lump — lump1 lumpingly, adv. /lump/, n. 1. a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal. 2. a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head. 3. an aggregation, collection, or mass;… … Universalium
lump — lump1 [lump] n. [ME lompe, lumpe, akin ? to Dan lompe, a mass, lump, Swed dial. lump, a block, stump, MHG lumpe, rag: see LIMP1] 1. a solid mass of no special shape, esp. one small enough to be taken up in the hand; hunk 2. a) a small cube or… … English World dictionary
lump — I [[t]lʌmp[/t]] n. 1) a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal[/ex] 2) pat a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head[/ex] 3) an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump … From formal English to slang
lump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. protuberance, swelling, chunk, mass; consolidation, aggregation. See convexity, assemblage, density. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. handful, protuberance, bunch, bump, agglomeration, block, bulk, chunk,… … English dictionary for students
adversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill fortune Nouns 1. (difficulty) adversity, affliction; bad, ill, adverse, or hard luck or fortune, Weltschmerz; evil lot; force majeur, frowns of fortune; evil star or genius; ups and downs of life,… … English dictionary for students
