away from home

idiom

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

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Gamble was entering the ninth grade and had to experience the ups and downs of high school away from home. Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025 Doing it away from home was even more significant — their first back-to-back victories and series wins since the June 24-26 sweep in Kansas City, which was the end of their majors-best 25-9 run. Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025 Leadership typically cycles through members for each pro forma to avoid the same lawmakers being stuck in an otherwise empty U.S. Capitol, often far away from home. Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025 The space was packed with Yelich’s fans and a collage of friends who make up the small community she’s managed to build in the city, more than 8,000 miles away from home. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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