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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Don’t leave home without a rose clenched between your teeth.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
The other believes their frameworks translate universally when 98% of students never leave home.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Equality of movement in a city covered by subways where people leave home to go to work, to school, and to eat, requires public bathrooms.
—Bryant Simon, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit by the city and state says the campaign had a chilling effect, making residents afraid to leave home.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
The other believes their frameworks translate universally when 98% of students never leave home.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Equality of movement in a city covered by subways where people leave home to go to work, to school, and to eat, requires public bathrooms.
—Bryant Simon, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit by the city and state says the campaign had a chilling effect, making residents afraid to leave home.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Leave home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20home. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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