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.
“The café is my home away from home.”
“She spends so much time at the library that it has become her home away from home.”
“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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away game
An athletic contest played away from the team's home field.
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away with the fairies
Not all there; slightly crazy.
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bang away
to strike or hit repeatedly
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bear away the bell
To be superior in something.
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beaver away
To work hard at a task.
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blaze away
To fire (firearms) repeatedly.
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blow away
To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.
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blow the cobwebs away
To make changes for space for new fresh ideas
Last updated August 10, 2026