abode

Related to abode: adobe

humble abode

One's home. Welcome to our humble abode! Can I get you something to drink?
See also: abode, humble

take up (one's) abode

To settle into a place or lodging and make it one's home. San Francisco is a fine place to take up your abode.
See also: abode, take, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

take up one's abode

some place to make some place one's home. I am going to take up my abode in a different city. I will take up my abode in this place and hope to find a job close by.
See also: abode, take, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

humble abode

A self-deprecating way to refer to one's home. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is the source: the insufferable Mr. Collins refers to his patroness Lady Catherine de Burgh with “The garden in which stands my humble abode is separated only by a lane from Rosings Park, her ladyship's residence'' and “But she is perfectly amiable, and often condescends to drive by my humble abode in her little phaeton and ponies.''
See also: abode, humble
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • humble abode
  • take up (one's) abode
  • take up abode
  • home folks
  • keep the home fires burning
  • back home
  • come home from (some place or something)
  • come home from some place
  • be at home
  • at home
References in periodicals archive
Meanwhile, police here have rejected an application for a rally march by a group of 300 abode seekers in the downtown Central District to mark the third anniversary of Beijing's reinterpretation of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's post-handover constitution, to limit the scope of Chinese who qualify for the right of abode.
Then, grease- and chip-covered, we would stumble through the cold and deepening night out to an old wagon road and back to our abodes, leaving the chunks to be carried the next day.
Due to its popularity organisers have booked two further events on September 12 and November 21 both at the Abode Chester.
Disputing the protesters' claim, Larkana District Hindu Panchayat chairman Dr Dharmpal told Dawn on Friday that godowns had existed inside gaoshala for a long time and it had been a practice to rent them out to have certain earnings to run the abode of cows, he said.
US-based do-it-yourself smart home security abode systems has been majority acquired by Italian home automation firm Nice S.p.A., the company said.
M2 EQUITYBITES-April 18, 2018-DIY Home Security Specialist Abode Systems Receives Majority Stake Investment from Italian Home Automation Firm Giant Nice
Next weekend, Max will be here in Liverpool, when South London and Sankeys Ibiza-based club night Abode takes over the Arts Club joining the likes of Solardo, GW Harrison, Ellie Cocks, Riva Starr, Latmun, Nathan Barato, Jacky, Kieran Sharples, David Glass and Scott Lewis.
He covers eschatology and the afterlife, representations of the abode of the dead, the abode of the righteous, resurrection, the immortality of the soul and angelomorphism, and inter-relations between the representations of the afterlife in Luke-Acts.
From there, Gareth joined the team responsible for launching restaurant Michael Caines at contemporary hotel, Abode, working his way up to the position of senior chef de partie and building an excellent relationship with the two Michelinstarred chef that will prove vital to his new role.
But for individuals who live outside New York, but have a "personal place of abode" in New York, the answer to the question of residency can be quite surprising--and costly, especially if one is deemed to be a New York City resident (even though New York City no longer imposes a personal income tax on non-residents).
Meanwhile, there are ructions in the Platt abode although, let's face it, when aren't there ructions in the Platt abode?
A woman of no fixed abode has been detained in Bishkek suspected of selling invalid air tickets, the Bishkek police press service reported on March 14.
BASED boutique estate agency Abode is celebrating a second successful year after setting up its business in the middle of a static property market.
Charlie Savory, winner of the last sweepstake here with Jonny Reb, has Humble Abode who has has shown improved form since dropping into A5 class.
One lucky reader will win an overnight stay at the stylish ABode Glasgow in Bath Street, the city's cosmopolitan art district.