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Meaning of come home | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To return to one's house, or to any place of origin.
To touch a person's interests or feelings closely; to be fully understood or realised.
To drag or slip through the ground.
To achieve success (typically by winning an international competition) in the country in which the sport was invented.

Examples

“It was only when I heard the police sirens that the seriousness of what I had done came home to me.”

“It finally came home to me that I was wrong.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

come home by weeping cross come home to roost come in come in for come in from the cold come in handy