come home to
Example Sentences
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And your little white lies will come home to roost.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
That’s where “mother” has come home to roost, now applied as liberally to pop stars as it is screen sirens, influencers and Food Network hosts.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
"The flight crew is happy and healthy and ready to come home to Houston."
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
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
“I’m invariably ill-tempered in the early morning. I repeat to you, the choice is open to you. Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
