He may come home once he realises his dad will be no pushover.
The Sun (2015)
We are looking forward to coming home.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Her new husband would come home each day and find her crying uncontrollably.
Randolph, Theron G. & Moss, Ralph W. (contributor) An Alternative Approach to Allergies (1990)
The Ashes really may be coming home.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If we sit back like we did in Kiev our chickens may come home to roost.
The Sun (2014)
There is something very reassuring about this new England player coming home.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I am coming home soon and may bump into the person.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A couple of ways that the meaning of it may come home to a few of us.
Christianity Today (2000)
What do you say when you come home about the new her, especially if the old her is there?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
So I was really happy to come home and get back to my day job.
The Sun (2013)
I may come home at the end of a day and get depressed about things that haven't worked.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He survived, just, came home and went back to teaching.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Richard was set at liberty just before Easter, and came home to his new charge.
Charlotte M. Yonge The Daisy Chain (1837)
Last week, he came home with a new pair of trainers, for example.
The Sun (2013)
How soon may I come home?
Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters (1864)
Most of the crop will go to waste as most farmers, still afraid, are holding back from coming home.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And now... and now he's talking of retiring so that he can rub her back when she comes home from work.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We also understand they may not come home at all and, if blessed with a reunion, they may carry emotional baggage few could understand.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I thought I could put it back before you came home.
LM Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (1872)
All related terms of 'come home'
come home to
to become absolutely clear to
come home to roost
If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost , or if their chickens have come home to roost , they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions .
till the cows come home
for a very long time; effectively for ever
until the cows come home
for a very long time
(do sthg) until the cows come home
If you say that someone can do something until the cows come home , but it will have no effect, you are emphasizing that it will have no effect even if they do it for a very long time.