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Verb: get one's lumps
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions
    - take one's lumps [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: getting one's lumps, gets one's lumps, got one's lumps

Type of: pay

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get it on
get knotted
get laid
get lost
get married
get moving
get off
get off the ground
get on
get on with
get one's lumps
get onto
get out
get over
get rid of
get started
get stuck
get stuffed
get the ball rolling
get the best
get the better of