English Explanatory Dictionary

reap the whirlwind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

Ellipsis of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
To suffer bad consequences for one's actions.

Pronunciation

En-au-reap the whirlwind.ogg

Word forms

reap the whirlwind reaps the whirlwind reaping the whirlwind reaped the whirlwind

Related words

reap what one sows

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