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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In the Mormon church, young adult men volunteer to leave home for proselytizing missions for two years and young women serve for 18 months.
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Jillian Frankel, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Small-space decorating involves much of the fun and excitement of a renovation with little of the hard, tedious work, Gretchen Rubin, who has written about life after kids leave home, told me.
—Meagan Francis, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Last dinner together before our oldest heads back to college and our second is about to leave home for her freshman year.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
With retirement becoming increasingly out of reach for many, some people are instead opting for a midlife career pivot after their kids leave home.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jillian Frankel, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Small-space decorating involves much of the fun and excitement of a renovation with little of the hard, tedious work, Gretchen Rubin, who has written about life after kids leave home, told me.
—Meagan Francis, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Last dinner together before our oldest heads back to college and our second is about to leave home for her freshman year.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
With retirement becoming increasingly out of reach for many, some people are instead opting for a midlife career pivot after their kids leave home.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Leave home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20home. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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