Chickens coming home to ___ Crossword Clue

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Chickens coming home to ___ Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. sit, as on a branch
2. settle down or stay, as if on a roost
(noun)
1. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
2. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COMING (noun)
1. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
2. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
COMING (adjective)
1. of the relatively near future
HOME (noun)
1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
2. an institution where people are cared for
HOME (adjective)
1. inside the country
2. used of your own ground
HOME (verb)
1. provide with, or send to, a home
2. return home accurately from a long distance

Hint 3: Anagram

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