away from home

idiom

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

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Older truck drivers are retiring and younger people aren’t keen to jump into trucking partly due to the long hours and time away from home. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025 Dating in your early 20s is hard enough and then add being away from home for months and months. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025 In the weeks ahead, Brighton & Hove Albion face a quadruple test away from home against four of the giants of the Premier League. Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025 The Detroit Red Wings are kind of on a roll, winning their last two games far away from home. Christian Romo, Freep.com, 9 Dec. 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 26 Dec. 2025.

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