back home
idiom
: in one's hometown : in the place one is from
People back home would never believe how much he has changed.
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Since then, she's worked from Colombia, Paris and most recently, Costa Rica, with brief pitstops back home.
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
He’s now stuck back home, passing his time texting his girlfriend in the big city, longing to break away from the country bumpkin life.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Read More: An Alternative Guide for Valentine’s Day When British and American tourists visited Paris in the early 1800s, they were titillated by the restaurants’ erotic attractions, describing the scandalous new eateries in travel books for readers back home to consume.
—Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
On February 6, their wishes came true when volunteers from the animal welfare charity RSPCA brought Daisy back home to the U.K.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
He’s now stuck back home, passing his time texting his girlfriend in the big city, longing to break away from the country bumpkin life.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Read More: An Alternative Guide for Valentine’s Day When British and American tourists visited Paris in the early 1800s, they were titillated by the restaurants’ erotic attractions, describing the scandalous new eateries in travel books for readers back home to consume.
—Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
On February 6, their wishes came true when volunteers from the animal welfare charity RSPCA brought Daisy back home to the U.K.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Back home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20home. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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