come home

== English == === Etymology === The sport usage was popularised by the 1996 song "Three Lions", which contains the phrase "it's coming home", referring to the UEFA Euro 1996 championship hosted in England, the birthplace of association football. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊm === Verb === come home (third-person singular simple present comes home, present participle coming home, simple past came home, past participle come home) 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. Synonym: hit home (nautical, of an anchor) To drag or slip through the ground. (sports, of a sport) To achieve success (typically by winning an international competition) in the country in which the sport was invented. ==== Derived terms ==== come home to roost