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Idiom idiom

home away from home


A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

“The café is my home away from home.”

CONTEXTUAL

“She spends so much time at the library that it has become her home away from home.”

COMPLEX

“After decades of visiting the same coastal village each summer, the old cottage had grown into a true home away from home, familiar and beloved.”


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Last updated August 10, 2026