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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There’s a wispy quality to this segment, based in memories of watching a family member leave home and wondering how her life might continue without them.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Because the good teams, by golly, don’t leave home without one.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
Seeing teen independence as rejection Kids go from basically being in your hip pocket to sequestering themselves in their rooms to wanting to leave home and be with their friends.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 31 Jan. 2025
Hilary Duff is being a good friend to Mandy Moore, one of the many celebrities forced to leave home as scary wildfires rip through Los Angeles.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Because the good teams, by golly, don’t leave home without one.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
Seeing teen independence as rejection Kids go from basically being in your hip pocket to sequestering themselves in their rooms to wanting to leave home and be with their friends.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 31 Jan. 2025
Hilary Duff is being a good friend to Mandy Moore, one of the many celebrities forced to leave home as scary wildfires rip through Los Angeles.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Leave home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20home. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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