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.

Examples of come home to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fear had to be that Stewart’s Star Trek captain, by comparison, would feel like your stern and authoritarian father had finally come home to shut down the party and tell everyone they were grounded. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Trophy can come home to the Rocky Mountains before the window truly closes. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

The Sox move on to Cleveland while the Cubs come home to lick their wounds. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

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

Rhymes for come home to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou