get home to (someone or something)
get home to (someone or something)
1. To return to one's home and the people and things that await them there. After a long day of travel, I'm just looking forward to getting home to my wife and kids.
2. To bring something to one's home, usually in a speedy manner. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "home." We can't make any other stops—we have to get these groceries home.
See also: get, home
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get something home to someone or something
to carry something home [quickly] to someone or something. I have to get this pizza home to my parents before it gets cold. Please get this ice cream home to the refrigerator.
See also: get, home
get home to someone or something
to manage to return home to someone or something there. The infantryman wants to get home to his wife. I like to get home to a nice warm house.
See also: get, home
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- get home to
- come home from (some place or something)
- come home from some place
- come home
- be at home
- at home
- take home
- take the long way home
- home folks
- go home to mama