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Phrase(s): come home (to roost)
1. Lit. [for a fowl or other bird] to return to its home, as for a night’s rest. • The chickens come home to roost in the evening. 2. Fig. [for a problem] to return to cause trouble [for someone]. (See also come home to someone.) • As I feared, all my problems came home to roost.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs