to romp home
- phrasal verb
:
regresar a casa
Examples
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Of the rest of the pack and he is romping home!
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But my point is that I look at Jess Ennis as she romps home with the gold, making it all look so damn easy, and I think to myself, "What if I'd gone for it?"
Blog text (7) -
After a long day at school, the kids romp home with excitement, eager to share their stories.
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The dog was so happy after the walk that it romped home, jumping around its owner joyfully.
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As the sun began to set, the children romped home, laughing and playing all the way down the street.
Synonyms
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1.0
To return to the place where you live
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1.5
Go back to your home after being somewhere else
To walk back slowly and without hurry, often seeming tired or not in a rush
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to return home in a playful or energetic way' is directly derivable from combining 'romp' (to frolic or run about energetically) with 'home' as the destination; the components compose in a straightforward motion+destination pattern. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent construction in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Romp home comes from the image of children or animals happily running and playing as they go to their house. The verb romp means to play and run and home is the place you go, so the phrase came to mean 'to return home in a playful or energetic way'.