reap the whirlwind
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reap the whirlwind (third-person singular simple present reaps the whirlwind, present participle reaping the whirlwind, simple past and past participle reaped the whirlwind)
- Ellipsis of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
- (idiomatic) To suffer bad consequences for one's actions.