come home to

phrase

: to become very clear and obvious to (someone) in usually a forceful or unpleasant way
The truth about her marriage came home to her when he left her.

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If Walter is in dire financial and legal straits, the NBA might feel urgency to part ways with him before his own chickens potentially come home to roost. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 But a top air carrier out of the market recently raised fuel surcharges, suggesting the fuel price hikes will come home to roost. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026 Marvin realized that the options are running low because, at some point, these chickens got to come home to roost. — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026 But Dimon is also in the camp of individuals worried about how America’s borrowing habit may come home to roost. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for come home to

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“Come home to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20home%20to. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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