come home

1. To return to one's home after time away from it. I'm always thrilled to come home after a long day at the office. If you don't come home by curfew, you'll lose your driving privileges for a month. Well, I can't wait around all day. When is George supposed to come home?

2. To become clear or apparent to one. This usage often refers to an unpleasant or troublesome realization. The fact that I had been fired didn't come home to me until I was walking out of the building with a box of my belongings. How can we get the dangers of smoking to come home to teens? It seems that the importance of conservation efforts really came home to the audience, thanks to the speaker's passionate lecture.

come home (to roost)

1. Lit. [for a fowl or other bird] to return to its home, as for a night's rest. The chickens come home to roost in the evening.

2. Fig. [for a problem] to return to cause trouble [for someone]. (See also come home to someone.) As I feared, all my problems came home to roost.

come ˈhome (to somebody)

become fully clear or understood: The danger of the situation we were in suddenly came home to me.