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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Many of the details emerged in a rush shortly after the passengers, most of them Israeli, landed back home to cheers and waving flags. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026 Down to their last out in the ninth inning, Braden Montgomery and Randal Grichuk hit back-to-back home runs to tie the score. — Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 As the industrial age took hold, geometry continued to show force in the colonial infantries abroad and through isomorphic police squadrons that fit neatly into modernizing city blocks patrolled back home. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 My plastic fork sliced right through the fluffy, dessert-like dish after topping it off with some syrup, and the taste wasn’t too far off from the ones back home. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 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 8 Oct. 2026.

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