Usually means: Receive punishment or harsh treatment.
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  1. get one's lumps: Vocabulary.com
  2. get one's lumps, get ones lumps: Dictionary.com
  3. get one's lumps: Rhymezone
  4. get ones lumps: FreeDictionary.org
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  6. get one's lumps: TheFreeDictionary.com

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verb:  suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions


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