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Definition of roost verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

roost

verb

NAmE//rust//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they roost

he / she / it roosts

past simple roosted

-ing form roosting

(of birds) to rest or go to sleep somewhere

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something comes home to roost (also the chickens come home to roost)

used to say that if someone says or does something bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future

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