Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take_one's_lumps

1 sense of take one's lumps

Sense 1
take one's lumps, get one's lumps -- (suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions)
       => pay -- (bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later")