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come•up•pance



Pronunciation: (kum"up'uns), [key]
—n. Informal.
deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant: He finally got his comeuppance for his misbehavior.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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