Usually means: Consequences returning to originator directly.
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  1. come home to roost: Merriam-Webster
  2. come home to roost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. come home to roost: Collins English Dictionary
  4. come home to roost: Wiktionary
  5. come home to roost: Dictionary.com
  6. come home to roost: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. come home to roost: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (come home to roost)

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

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