verb
Meaning 1
To return to one's house, or to any place of origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
come home
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rhymes with -əʊm
verb
Meaning 2
To touch a person's interests or feelings closely; to be fully understood or realised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hit home
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To drag or slip through the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To achieve success (typically by winning an international competition) in the country in which the sport was invented.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
- she was penetrated with sorrow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: click, get through, dawn, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.