reap what one sows (English, verb)
expansion: reap what one sows (third-person singular simple present reaps what one sows, present participle reaping what one sows, simple past reaped what one sowed or reaped what one had sown, past participle reaped what one has sown or reaped what one had sown)
Senses:
glosses: To receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one's exertions or intentions, in a good or a bad sense; to receive justice or one's just deserts.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: reaps what one sows
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reaping what one sows
tags: participle
present
form: reaped what one sowed
tags: past
form: reaped what one had sown
tags: past
form: reaped what one has sown
tags: participle
past
form: reaped what one had sown
tags: participle
past