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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Thirteen weeks later, the couple traveled to Russia and brought Anna back home to Georgia.
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Despite these numbers, many pets do make it back home.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
There was a time when military and humanitarian missions on the other side of the globe would take months, even years – and might even begin or end before anyone back home was even aware of them.
—David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
The freed prisoners could be seen in the videos leaning out of bus windows and waving at the crowd welcoming them back home.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Despite these numbers, many pets do make it back home.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
There was a time when military and humanitarian missions on the other side of the globe would take months, even years – and might even begin or end before anyone back home was even aware of them.
—David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
The freed prisoners could be seen in the videos leaning out of bus windows and waving at the crowd welcoming them back home.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Back home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20home. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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