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roost
noun as in perch
Weak match
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Liverpool are still in pole position, but the issues that have troubled them finally came home to roost at Selhurst Park.
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But we saw that message tank just eight months ago, unfortunately, and all of those things are coming home now to roost.
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In southern Asia, old world fruit bats often roost in abandoned buildings.
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Chickens tend to come home to roost, though.
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“This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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