away from home

idiom

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

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The 49ers will have a tough road, matching up against the top three favorites away from home, with only Tulsa among the top teams coming to Halton Arena for a home-and-home series this season. Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025 Instead, the Niners are one win away from home-field advantage throughout the playoffs — and a chance to win the Lombardi Trophy without leaving home. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025 After spending 20 years away from home in Montreal, Annette returned to the log cabin where she and her sisters were born in 2018 to attend a ceremony celebrating their birth as a National Historic Event, according to CBC News. Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025 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 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 6 Jan. 2026.

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