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reaped the whirlwind

reaped the whirlwind is the simple past of reap the whirlwind.

Meaning of reap the whirlwind

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.

Questions about reaped the whirlwind

What is reaped the whirlwind the simple past of?
Reaped the whirlwind is the simple past of reap the whirlwind.

Words near reaped the whirlwind in the dictionary

  1. reapable
  2. reape
  3. reaped
  4. reaped the benefits
  5. reaped the harvest
  6. reaped the whirlwind
  7. reaped what one had sown
  8. reaped what one has sown
  9. reaped what one sowed
  10. reaper
  11. reaper-binder

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