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

"They're part of your routine, you wake up, you feed them, give them attention, wait for them to come home to give them their dinner. It was a complete change of routine."

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

This is what we want in retirement, to launch on adventures that we expect will reward us with the unexpected—then come home to a fresh look at the familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

If he had gone to the sanctuary today, he would have come home to Frank here, and the surprises would still be in place from Byrd.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers