coming 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.