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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Fully 46% of parents said their adult children have moved back home, potentially creating a ‘Boomerang Burden’ with long-term financial consequences.
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Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Indian nationals in the United States who send money back home are cautiously celebrating a move by Senate Republicans to cut down a planned tax on the funds.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
But blue was unacceptable, and so he was sent back home to fetch a pink one.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Indian nationals in the United States who send money back home are cautiously celebrating a move by Senate Republicans to cut down a planned tax on the funds.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
But blue was unacceptable, and so he was sent back home to fetch a pink one.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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“Back home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20home. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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