He plans to leave home when he turns eighteen.
leave home
idiomTo stop living with one's parents.
Many young people feel nervous and excited when they finally leave home to start university.
After years of living under his parents' roof, he decided it was time to leave home and forge his own path in the city.
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bring home
To earn (money).
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bring home the bacon
To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.
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broken home
A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.
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charity begins at home
One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.
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close to home
Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.
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come home by weeping cross
To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.
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come home to roost
To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
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eat and leave no crumbs
Synonym of eat (“to be very good at something; to rule; to rock”).