How to pronounce “reap the whirlwind”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• Ellipsis of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
• (idiomatic) To suffer bad consequences for one's actions.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

whirlwind, with the wind, proportioned, crapulent, sutherland, southerland, arable land, breatharian, solar wind, south wind