come home

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come home

The idea to come home to him while he was walking in the park.

Definition

Verb (intransitive): 1. To become fully understood or emotionally realized: To be grasped by the mind or felt deeply, often after a period of time or upon reflection. This meaning describes a sudden or gradual moment of comprehension or emotional impact. * It finally came home to him how much his words had hurt her. * The true cost of the war came home to the public with the publication of the photographs.

Usage Examples
  • The realization that he was alone in the city suddenly came home to him.
  • The importance of family comes home to most people as they get older.
  • When I saw the damage, the reality of the storm came home to me.
Advanced Usage
  • "come home to roost": (Idiom) Used to say that bad things a person has done in the past are now causing problems for them. This is a related idiom but uses "come home" in a specific, fixed phrase.
    • His lies eventually came home to roost and he lost everyone's trust.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hit home: (Phrasal verb) A very close synonym meaning to be fully understood, especially in a way that causes an emotional reaction.
    • The documentary about climate change really hit home.
  • Sink in: (Phrasal verb) To be gradually understood or realized.
    • The news took a moment to sink in.
Synonyms
  • Become clear
  • Register (as in, "The danger didn't register with him.")
  • Daunt (in the sense of "it dawned on him")
Related Phrasal Verbs / Idioms
  • Bring something home to someone: (Phrasal verb) To make someone understand something fully, especially something unpleasant.
    • The accident brought home to us the importance of wearing seatbelts.
come home

The idea to come home to him while he was walking in the park.

Verb
  1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
    • It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
    • she was penetrated with sorrow

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