The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DESTINY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DESTINY
- A lot refuse to admit it's on the way up
- Fate in Tyneside not completely appalling
- Don’t admit catching the clap? It’s what you get in life
- Leaders in Danish economics squander small fortune
- Leaders in Dar es Salaam — very small lot
- Fate in Tyneside not completely appalling
- Desmond Little’s fate
- Fate of French mistress’s last minute
- Refuse to accept it’s rejected fate
- Lot of the French money has variable support
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The straight part
We know that "what you get in life" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what you get in life = destiny.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DESTINY mean?
DESTINY noun- That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will
- That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.