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away from home

idiom

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

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The Cowboys have played away from home twice, in 1975 and 1977, but those games were outliers. Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025 Organizers hope Minnesota's northern climate and holiday events will help welcome players from around the world, especially if this is their first holiday season away from home. Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025 Riley, who had travelled for years on international missions to help others and spread the word of God, found her next cause a little more than a block away from home. Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Nov. 2025 Courtesy of Netflix Robert spends months at a time away from home, doing treacherous work. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Nov. 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 1 Dec. 2025.

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