Meaning of come home to roost | Babel Free

Definitions

To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

idiomatic

Examples

“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 with great confidence," said Summers.”

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