back home

phrase

: in one's hometown : in the place one is from
Peopleback home would never believe how much he has changed.

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In the summer of 1927 three young men of means ran into a neighbor from back home in Winnetka, Illinois, on the streets of Paris, who was stranded with a penniless delegation of labor leaders and educators intended for Moscow. Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, his long-suffering wife, Penelope (Anne Hathaway), is warding off hundreds of suitors eager to usurp Odysseus’ throne back home. ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026 Paredes and Walker hit back-to-back home runs off Eovaldi to open the fifth inning and leave Houston up 6-0. ABC News, 31 July 2026 With help from Tigers coaches Chris Fetter and Robin Lund, plus coaches back home in Arizona, Skubal finally found a changeup that worked. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 31 July 2026 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 4 Aug. 2026.

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