"comes back to haunt" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} comes back to haunt
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come back to haunt Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: come back to haunt
    Sense id: en-comes_back_to_haunt-en-verb-KPZQJZGa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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