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Idioms: come by -- come home to roost

Idiom	Meaning	Example
come by	find, get, obtain	How did you come by that vase? Where did you get it?
come clean	tell the truth, admit everything, own up	The police asked him to come clean about the money - to tell them everything he knew.
come down hard	punish hard, throw the book at	The teachers come down hard on cheating. They suspend cheaters.
come down off your high horse	(See get off your high horse)
come down on like a ton of bricks	reprove, punish harshly	Whenever I make the slightest mistake, my boss comes down on me like a ton of bricks.
come down to earth	be realistic, get your head out of the clouds	If she'd come down to earth, if she'd stop dreaming about fame, she could pass her exams.
come down with	become sick, become ill	Brenda came down with the flu. She's very sick.
come full circle	arrive at the place where you began	"Let's ask the teacher, okay?" "If we do that, we'll have come full circle. Remember?"
come hell or high water	no matter what happens, by any means	I'll buy that ranch, come hell or high water. I'm determined.
come home to roost	(See chickens come home to roost)