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reap the whirlwind

reap the whirlwind verb: to suffer bad consequences for one's actions. Also the ellipsis of sow the wind.

Verb

reap the whirlwind (third-person singular simple present reaps the whirlwind, present participle reaping the whirlwind, simple past and past participle reaped the whirlwind)

  1. (idiomatic) To suffer bad consequences for one's actions.

Also used as

reap the whirlwind is also the ellipsis of sow the wind.

Forms of reap the whirlwind

third-person singular presentreaps the whirlwind
present participlereaping the whirlwind
past participlereaped the whirlwind
pastreaped the whirlwind

Questions about reap the whirlwind

What does reap the whirlwind mean?
Reap the whirlwind means to suffer bad consequences for one's actions.
What part of speech is reap the whirlwind?
Reap the whirlwind is a verb.
What is the past tense of reap the whirlwind?
The past tense of reap the whirlwind is reaped the whirlwind.

Words near reap the whirlwind in the dictionary

  1. reap
  2. reap hook
  3. reap hooks
  4. reap the benefits
  5. reap the harvest
  6. reap the whirlwind
  7. reap what one sows
  8. reap'd
  9. reap-silver
  10. reap-time
  11. reapable

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