"come home to roost" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2005 February 25, Paul Blustein, “Foreign Investment^s Flip Side; U.S. Trade Deficit Swells Along With Consumption, Debt”, in Washington Post",
          "text": "At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would threaten to throw the economy's expansion into reverse. \"Will those risks ever come home to roost? One can't predict with great confidence,\" said Summers.",
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        "To have negative consequences (of an action in the past)."
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        "(idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past)."
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          "word": "come back to bite"
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          "word": "the chickens come home to roost"
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