come home to
Example Sentences
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And your little white lies will come home to roost.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
It’s also important to understand this effort in the broader context of the “forever war,” how it has come home to us and, more important, what can be done about it.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
“The chickens are going to come home to roost and these companies will pay more sustainably over time,” Franklin said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Gaby Bastyra, executive producer at Passion Planet, which made the film, said Sir David "could live anywhere in the world… but he's always come home to London".
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
He wanted to know if he should come home to check on me, and I told him he didn’t have to.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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