reap what one sows

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one's exertions or intentions, in a good or a bad sense; to receive justice or one's just deserts.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹiːp(h)wɒt wʌn ˈsəʊz/ /ˌɹip wɑt wʌn ˈsoʊz/ En-au-reap what one sows.ogg

Word forms

reap what one sows reaps what one sows reaping what one sows reaped what one sowed reaped what one had sown reaped what one has sown

Etymology

From Galatians 6:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

Related words

as you sow, so shall you reap bring one's own hide to market chickens come home to roost every man is the architect of his own fortune fuck around and find out Leopards Eating People's Faces Party like turkeys voting for Christmas make one's bed and lie in it play stupid games, win stupid prizes sow dragon's teeth sow the wind, reap the whirlwind step on a rake stew in one's juices taste of one's own medicine what goes around comes around

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