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roost

noun as in perch

Strong matches

Weak match

noun as in nest

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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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