come home
To return to one's house, or to any place of originTo return to one's house, or to any place of origin.
» Why did she come home early?
Warum ist sie früher nach Hause gekommen?
Почему она рано пришла домой?
Почему она пришла домой раньше?
Чому вона прийшла додому раніше?
Meaning
4 sensesTo 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.
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.
To drag or slip through the ground.
To achieve success (typically by winning an international competition) in the country in which the sport was invented.
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
Examples
1353 sentencesWhy did she come home early?
Чому вона прийшла додому раніше? — aandrusiak
ruПочему она рано пришла домой? — marafon
deWarum ist sie früher nach Hause gekommen? — Wolf
When did your father come home?
Коли ваш батько повернувся додому? — fagott
deWann ist dein Vater nach Hause gekommen? — freddy1
What time did you come home?
О котрій годині ти прийшов додому? — deniko
ruВо сколько ты вернулся домой? — Gruzilkin
His father always comes home late.
Його батько завжди приходить додому пізно. — aandrusiak
ruЕго отец всегда приходит домой поздно. — odexed
He came home exactly at ten.
Він повернувся додому точно о десятій. — ascolto
deEr ist genau um zehn nach Hause gekommen. — pne
Origin
The sport usage was popularised by the 1996 song "Three Lions", which contains the phraseThe 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.
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Forms
comes home, coming home, came home, come home| Base form | come home · to come home |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes home |
| Present participle | coming home |
| Past simple | came home |
| Past participle | come home |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
8 synonyms- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions:clickget throughdawnget acrosssink inpenetratefall into place
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle