lump : Idioms & Phrases


get one's lumps

  • verb suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions
    get one's lumps.
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In a lump

  • the whole together; in gross.
    They may buy them in the lump. Addison.
Webster 1913

In the lump

Webster 1913

Lump coal

  • coal in large lumps; the largest size brought from the mine.
Webster 1913

lump sugar

  • noun refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings
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Lump sum

  • noun a complete payment consisting of a single sum of money
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  • a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages. (b) a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as contrasted with the alternate choice of several payments over a period of time.
Webster 1913

take one's lumps

  • verb suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions
    get one's lumps.
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