back home
idiom
: in one's hometown : in the place one is from
People back home would never believe how much he has changed.
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We are given a few glancing insights into those sacrifices, mainly through Souleymane’s phone calls back home.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Belly and Conrad stop at a peach orchard on their way back home from Michaels.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Morgan's character is a woman whose life is upended when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman and Carol is Leanne's younger sister, a two-time divorcée who recently moved back home from Chicago to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the show is set.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The 20th Television Animation (formerly Fox Television Animation) series premieres on Monday, Aug. 4, on Hulu, while all 10 episodes will be available to binge-watch on day one.
Season 14 of King of the Hill follows the Hill Family returning back home to Texas after years away in Saudi Arabia.
—Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Belly and Conrad stop at a peach orchard on their way back home from Michaels.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Morgan's character is a woman whose life is upended when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman and Carol is Leanne's younger sister, a two-time divorcée who recently moved back home from Chicago to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the show is set.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The 20th Television Animation (formerly Fox Television Animation) series premieres on Monday, Aug. 4, on Hulu, while all 10 episodes will be available to binge-watch on day one.
Season 14 of King of the Hill follows the Hill Family returning back home to Texas after years away in Saudi Arabia.
—Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for back home
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“Back home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20home. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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