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come home to roost

come home to roost verb: to have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
    • At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would threaten to throw the economy's expansion into reverse. "Will those risks ever come home to roost? One can't predict...2005 February 25, Paul Blustein, “Foreign Investment^s Flip Side; U.S. Trade Deficit Swells Along With Consumption, Debt”, in Washington Post

come home to roost meaning in Bengali

come home to roost in Bengali

নেতিবাচক ফলাফল হওয়া

Forms of come home to roost

third-person singular presentcomes home to roost
present participlecoming home to roost
pastcame home to roost
past participlecome home to roost
alternative formthe chickens come home to roost

Questions about come home to roost

What does come home to roost mean?
Come home to roost means to have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
What is come home to roost in Bengali?
Come home to roost in Bengali is নেতিবাচক ফলাফল হওয়া. See Come home to roost meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is come home to roost?
Come home to roost is a verb.
What is the past tense of come home to roost?
The past tense of come home to roost is came home to roost.

Words near come home to roost in the dictionary

  1. come here to me
  2. come high
  3. come hither
  4. come home
  5. come home by weeping cross
  6. come home to roost
  7. come in
  8. come in for
  9. come in from the cold
  10. come in handy
  11. come in hot

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