To come home

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	To touch or affect personally. See under Come.
(Naut.)	To drag toward the vessel, instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; - said of an anchor.

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at home at-home drive home guided missile home home appliance home away from home home base home brew home computer home ec home economics home from home home ground Home Office home plate home port home theater home theatre			John was a mild man, but he was human, and after a long day's work to come home tired, hungry, and hopeful, to find a chaotic house, an empty table, and a cross wife was not exactly conductive to repose of mind or manner. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context Aye, she'll cry, won' she, an' carry on, an' tell how Pete, or some odder feller, beats 'er an' she'll say she's sorry an' all dat an' she ain't happy, she ain't, an' she wants to come home agin, she does. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context			To claw (one) on the gall To claw away To claw off To clean out To clear a ship at the customhouse To clear a ship for action To clear hawse To clear out To clear the decks To clear the land To clear up To clew down To clew up To climb Parnassus To close on To close with To close with the land To club a musket To cockbill the anchor To collar beef To collect one's self To come To come about To come across To come by To come home To come honestly by To come in To come in at the hawse holes To come it To come it over To come near to To come off To come off with flying colors To come one's way To come or draw to a head To come round To come short To come to blows To come to grief To come to hand To come to the front To come to the ground To come up with To come upon To commit a bill To commit to memory To commune with one's self To compound a felony To con answer To con thanks			To clean out To clear a ship at the customhouse To clear a ship for action To clear hawse To clear out To clear the decks To clear the land To clear up To clew down To clew up To climb Parnassus To close on To close with To close with the land To club a musket To cockbill the anchor to coin a phrase To collar beef To collect one's self To Come To Come To Come To come about To come across To Come Again To come by To come home To come honestly by To come in To come in To come in at the hawse holes To come it To come it over To come near to To come off To come off with flying colors To come one's way To come or draw to a head To come out of the closet To come round To come short To come to blows To come to grief To come to hand To come to the front To come to the ground To come up with To come upon To commit a bill To commit to memory To commune with one's self To Complete Performance Index

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