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To be punished

get what you deserve

to be correctly punished for your mistakes or bad behaviour

take the rap (for something)

to be blamed or punished, especially for something that you did not do

reap what you sow

used for saying that something happens to someone because of what they have done in the past

get it

to be punished for something

cop it

to be punished

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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picture messaging

the sending of images and photographs from one mobile phone to another

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never event

an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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