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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 home (to somebody) to become completely clear to someone The reality of his loss finally came home to him. Related vocabulary: hit homeUsage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If on the other hand you hear of his death, come home at once, celebrate his funeral rites with all due pomp, build a barrow to his memory, and make your mother marry again. Simpson had come home in time to move his wife and children back to the town that had given them birth, a town by no means waiting with open arms to receive them. "He is at the New Hospital," said Rosamond; "I am not sure how soon he will come home. |
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