away from home

idiom

: not at one's house
I will be away from home for two weeks.

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Florida plays five consecutive games away from home over nine days, starting Monday against the Flyers. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025 Prove-it game The Aztecs have not been the same team away from home as at Snapdragon Stadium. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025 After 20 years away from home, Kat (Chyler Leigh) returns to the family farm with her daughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) and reunites with her estranged mother, Del (Andie MacDowell). Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025 Salmon said his counselor suggested his attraction to men was his father’s fault because his job kept him away from home a lot, causing Salmon to identify more with his mother. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for away from home

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“Away from home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/away%20from%20home. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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