Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coming home to roost

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-ing home- -to roost
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of come home to roost

Questions

What does coming home to roost mean?
present participle and gerund of come home to roost

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