leave home
idiom
: to leave one's parent's home and live in one's own home
He left home after graduating from high school.
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Never leave home without looking closer at the terrain, checking the elevation gains and losses, and researching trail conditions on websites like AllTrails or even Google Earth satellite images.
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Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2025
Fiercely protective of her mistress, the wax child watches as Christenze is forced to leave home in southern Funan for Aalborg, trailed by accusations after a series of miscarriages in her town.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
To get her parents’ permission to leave home, Decca forged a letter to herself from childhood friends, inviting her to visit them on the Normandy coast.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Some students stopped attending school because their parents were afraid to leave home or go to public places.
—Astrid Ramirez Guerrero, Charlotte Observer, 26 Nov. 2025
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Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2025
Fiercely protective of her mistress, the wax child watches as Christenze is forced to leave home in southern Funan for Aalborg, trailed by accusations after a series of miscarriages in her town.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
To get her parents’ permission to leave home, Decca forged a letter to herself from childhood friends, inviting her to visit them on the Normandy coast.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Some students stopped attending school because their parents were afraid to leave home or go to public places.
—Astrid Ramirez Guerrero, Charlotte Observer, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Leave home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20home. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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