come home to someone

come home to someone
come home to someone
Fig. [for a fact] to be recognized suddenly by someone. •

Suddenly, it came home to me that you thought I was Ronald.

The importance of the events of the day finally came home to me.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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