"come back to haunt" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes back to haunt [present, singular, third-person], coming back to haunt [participle, present], came back to haunt [past], come back to haunt [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> back to haunt|head=come back to haunt}} come back to haunt (third-person singular simple present comes back to haunt, present participle coming back to haunt, simple past came back to haunt, past participle come back to haunt)
  1. Alternative form of come back to bite Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: come back to bite
    Sense id: en-come_back_to_haunt-en-verb-KfwPcyJJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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