home away from home
noun phrase
US
: a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as one's own home
Whenever he came to the city, his brother's place was like a home away from home.
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The Maidstone felt like the perfect home away from home.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
Some call it their home away from home, with the crew as their second family.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Against an upper-tier Minutemen group riding a 10-game win streak at the end of April, the Milford boys volleyball team transformed the small gym into a home away from home.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
The Opry has become like home away from home at this point.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
Some call it their home away from home, with the crew as their second family.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Against an upper-tier Minutemen group riding a 10-game win streak at the end of April, the Milford boys volleyball team transformed the small gym into a home away from home.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
The Opry has become like home away from home at this point.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for home away from home
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“Home away from home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20away%20from%20home. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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