(UK, informal) To receive severe criticism or punishment for something one has done.
(UK, informal) To receive severe criticism or punishment for something one has done.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(idiomatic) To receive a negative thing: to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating; to get what's coming to one; to feel someone's wrath.
(slang) To be struck (as an act of violence).
(slang) To have sex.
(slang, transitive) To have someone on, make fun of someone.
(informal) A person with a very thin neck.