get one's



get one's

1. Get one's due punishment or reward, as in If they put off their schoolwork to go the ball game, sooner or later they'll get theirs , or The union members were prepared to go on strike; they were determined to get theirs. The punishment version is earlier, dating from about 1900.
2. Be killed, as in "He'd got his. I knew it by the way his head rolled in my hands" (Rudyard Kipling, Diversity of Creatures, 1913). This usage originated in the military. [c. 1900]
See also: get

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AllynAL-inEnglish
BengtBENKTSwedish
SorchaSAWR-ə-khə (Irish), SAWR-khə (Irish)Irish, Scottish
Ainsworth['einzwɜ:θ]
Ning-Chinese
EmeraldEM-ə-rəldEnglish (Modern)