away from home

idiom

: not at one's house
I will be away from home for two weeks.

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That’s been a trend in road games of late, which is why the Thunder has gone 3-5 away from home since the end of the opening round of the playoffs. Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 Still, Scott points out that this is always a risk with teens, regardless of location, but the stakes feel understandably higher when families are away from home. Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 June 2025 After protests and angry meetings, students were displaced to schools that were farther away from home. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025 After being plucked from Australia as a teenager, his coming-of-age experience unfolded largely in studios, hotels, and tour buses thousands of miles away from home. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for away from home

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“Away from home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/away%20from%20home. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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