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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Paul Ridden/New Atlas While many ebikes will provide assist for your outward commute, and possibly back home too, options decrease significantly for weekend trekkers. New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025 Liv asked her dad, Jim Miraldi, 74, who was also on the call, if the leaves had started changing back home. Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025 While driving back home from their girlfriend’s, a Reddit user almost ran over something on a two-lane road. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 In other words, there’s more to life than the long commute, the eight-hour day, the ride back home. Mark Davis, USA Today, 21 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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