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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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.
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The novel finds a middle-aged mother choosing to leave home and drive across the country in search of herself.
—Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
Miguel Ibarra had to leave home to start his professional soccer career.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Garcelle and Kyle also have a nice moment talking about being single mothers with kids about to leave home.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The novel finds a middle-aged mother choosing to leave home and drive across the country in search of herself.
—Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
Miguel Ibarra had to leave home to start his professional soccer career.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Garcelle and Kyle also have a nice moment talking about being single mothers with kids about to leave home.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Leave home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20home. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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