to leave home
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1.4
- phrasal verb
- /liːv hoʊm/
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independizarse
- So to some young person that's ready to leave home or you want your independence thinking through.
- children leave home
- young people leave home
- leave home to work
when my brothers and sisters left home. Come marry
- when my brothers and sisters left home. Come marry
- And then that was till until I left home.
- But again, slap on the wrist and eventually I left home.
- My sisters left home very early.
- That has probably been the longest time I've spent with my parents since I left home for college and it's been so nice.
- I miss having AII when when we speak about when I left home for when I went to Graduate School.
- Like first time they left home, but we needed it.
- You should, you know, what did the room look like when you left home?
- Austin treated that one card like my mom treated me when I try to leave home.
- Maybe they're trying to make it so you can't leave home and can keep helping them with whatever it is they need help with.
Examples
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I left home when I was fifteen.
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It's the first time we've left home in weeks.
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Well, you know, I left home, you know, five years ago.
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Therefore, we had to leave home early, and we came back home late.
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Is that why you left home?
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- It's been ten years... ten years... since we left home.
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I can't wait to leave home.
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That has probably been the longest time I've spent with my parents since I left home for college and it's been so nice.
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Many boxcar kids left home because they felt like a burden on their parents.
Academic text (2011) -
After high school, I decided to leave home and start my own life in a new city.
Synonyms
164
1.9
To leave a home or building and take your things with you
5
7.2
Leave home and move to a new place
3
2.1
To change where you live to a different home
1
7.7
To become independent from your parents and live on your own
Antonyms
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'leave' (depart) + 'home' (one's residence) yield a straightforward literal meaning 'depart from home', which a B1 learner who knows both words will understand. However, the specific sense 'move out to live independently' is a context-dependent extension (pragmatic/cultural inference) rather than a fully predictable compositional meaning, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Leave home comes from the simple image of someone packing a small bag and walking out of the family house, literally to leave the home. That's why it means 'to move out' or 'to live independently'.