at home
60
1.8
- idiom
:
en casa
- San Diego State, having beaten the Broncos at home, might attract a full house in the future.
- play at home
- at home games
- win at home
Everton, Wolves, Everton at home, Everton at home.
- Everton, Wolves, Everton at home, Everton at home.
- We're playing Freiburg at home in in the the the Europa League.
- They just beat you at your place, right at home.
- You beat them, we'll drew away and beat them at home and I scored at home against them.
- So we pitched an undefeated record at home and at that time the Colts won the division.
- So you, you actually, you know, drive at home quite well whenever there is an opponent who pushes them hard and who they find it difficult to answer.
Examples
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As can be seen from the record, the club is quite successful at home and on the road.
Academic text (1990) -
Therefore, each team played a total of nine times at home and nine times away against equal competition.
Academic text (1994) -
Teams may have a winning percentage at home because of who they play, not where they play.
Academic text (1994) -
The following week, they beat Toronto at home in front of 31,000 fans.
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Few expected previously top-ranked Alabama to lose at home last weekend, but Texas A&M delivered an upset.
Blog text (4) -
Next game will be against Mercyhurst University at home this Friday, Oct. 12 at 8:20 PM.
Blog text (1) -
Seven of eight (88%) teams in the ACC won more games at home than away.
Academic text (1994) -
The team performed exceptionally well at home, securing a victory in front of their fans.
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After winning the first game of the season at home, the coach felt confident about the next match.
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The players showed great teamwork when they played at home against their rivals.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
at + home
The literal parts 'at' + 'home' clearly evoke location in or belonging to one's house, and the MWE's event sense plausibly arises by metonymy (a gathering held at someone's home). However, the shift from location to a noun meaning 'a formal reception' is historical and not fully predictable for an average B1 learner who knows the constituents, so prior exposure is likely needed to recover the specific social-gathering sense.
Etymology
The sports sense of at home comes from being on your team's own home field, with familiar ground and local fans. So in sports at home means 'on one's own team's field'.