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came home

came home is the simple past of come home.

Meaning of come home

Verb

come home (third-person singular simple present comes home, present participle coming home, simple past came home, past participle come home)

  1. To return to one's house, or to any place of origin.
    • Lion hunts are highly choreographed, rarefied affairs; you’re looking at $70,000 before you even load your rifle. Then there are the game fees for the bait you’ll need − a zebra, warthog and a kudu, say − and for the lion itself. All in, you’re looking at a six-figure outlay with no guarantee that...2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian
  2. To touch a person's interests or feelings closely; to be fully understood or realised.
    • It was only when I heard the police sirens that the seriousness of what I had done came home to me.
    Synonyms:
    hit home
  3. To drag or slip through the ground.
  4. To achieve success (typically by winning an international competition) in the country in which the sport was invented.

Questions about came home

What is came home the simple past of?
Came home is the simple past of come home.

Words near came home in the dictionary

  1. came from behind
  2. came from below
  3. came full circle
  4. came good
  5. came high
  6. came home
  7. came home by weeping cross
  8. came home to roost
  9. came in
  10. came in for
  11. came in from the cold

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