get one's lumps

Questions about get one's lumps

What is another word for get one's lumps?

It depends which get one's lumps you mean. In the sense “suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions”, the synonyms are take one's lumps. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of get one's lumps?

WordNet records no antonym for get one's lumps. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for get one's lumps come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for get one's lumpsAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for get one's lumpsWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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