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HOME at home at or in one's dwelling.Is Mary at home, or is she still at work?What time will she be at home? keep house to manage a household.I hate to keep house. I'd rather live in a tent than keep house.My grandmother kept house for nearly sixty years. somewhere to hang (up) one's hat a place to live; a place to call one's home.What I need is somewhere to hang up my hat. I just can't stand all this traveling.A home is a lot more than a place to hang your hat. take someone or something in to provide shelter for someone or something.When I needed a place to live, my uncle took me in.Mrs. Wilson took in the lonely little dog and gave it a warm home.
Home nickname England or Great Britain. As used by C18–19 colonists this is par for the course, and that their direct descendants would use this also is hardly surprising, however, this locution remained in common use (in speech, if not by self-conscious writers) well into C20 and only began to die out in the 1970s. Now it is very much a thing of the past AUSTRALIA, 1808
home noun 1 a very close male friend. An abbreviation of HOMEBOY US, 1944. 2 the vein into which an intravenous drug user injects a drug US, 1973.► at home in the goingin horse racing, said of a horse that is running a track that complements the horse's skills and preferences US, 1951.► send hometo sentence to prison US, 1990
idiomhome► bring home the bacon► the chickens (have) come home to roost► ___'s coming home come► nothing to write home about► on home ground/turf► romp homebring it home (to you)(also bring sth home (to you))to make you realize how serious a problem is, or how difficult or dangerous a situation is:The murder just brings it home to you that kids aren't safe anywhere - even in a small town.For many people in the area, the Christmas season brings home exactly what it means to be unemployed.an Englishman's home is his castle BrEBrEused in order to say that people should be allowed to do whatever they like in their own homes, without the government or other people telling them what to do:The idea that an Englishman's home is his castle has kept police powers under control for many years.Social workers are prevented from protecting victims of domestic violence because of the Englishman's home is his castle mentality.hit/strike/be close to home1 if a situation or something someone says hits close to home, you understand it or are embarrassed or upset by it, because it makes you think of something that relates to you:Perhaps some of our comments on sexual harassment hit a little close to home for the Senator.I was particularly fascinated by the account of Solti's early years in Hungary because much of it hit close to home.2 if something unpleasant is close to home, you are directly affected by it:The tragedy of the fire hit close to home for me - one of my students lost everything.The budget crisis may soon strike very close to home. The State's proposal includes taxes on such services as car washes and dry cleaning. —compare hit/strike homehit/strike homeif something you say hits or strikes home, it has the effect on someone that you wanted:The enthusiasm of the audience persuaded Talen that his comedy was hitting home.Reich's emotional plea to save the hospital struck home with both doctors and residents. —compare hit/strike/be close to homebe home and dry BrEBrEto have succeeded in doing something, or to have done the most difficult part of it so that you can finish it easily without any problems:There are many techniques in flower arranging, but I think that if you've got a good sense of colour you're home and dry.Barcelona must have thought they were home and dry after scoring three goals, but their opponents equalized in the second half of the match.be home free AmEAmE1 to be able to succeed or get what you want easily because you have an advantage:When Mom mentions doing the dishes, I just tell her I have homework, and I'm home free.Any production of 'Hamlet' with an actor like Fiennes in the lead should be home free.2 to have done the most difficult part of something, so that the rest will be easy :If I can just get the introduction written, I'll be home free.A lot of people said to us, you're home free, you know. You've got one kid and she's gone off to school and you have your freedom. Why have another one?home from home BrEBrEhome away from home AmErelaxed a place where you feel as comfortable as you do in your own home:Could your family provide a home from home this summer for a youngster from our twin town of Mulheim?The hotel was built as a home away from home for American servicemen and their families.the home stretch(also the home straight BrE)the last part of a long and difficult process or situation, before something is finished or achieved:Amber is now on the home stretch of a three-year treatment program for leukemia, and all the signs are promising.Bush spent the entire home stretch of the campaign travelling round eight states urging voters to go to the polls.The survey is now moving into the home straight, though we still have work to do.a home truthtrue a fact about someone that is true but that is unpleasant for them to hear:I told him a few home truths, but it was a waste of breath - he wouldn't listen.what's that when it's at home? BrEBrEspoken said when you want to emphasize that you do not know anything about the thing or person that has just been mentioned:"Don't you believe in karma?" "What's karma when it's at home?""The poem is by John Callaghan." "Oh right, who's he when he's at home?" phrasehome[homed, homed, homing]
home in on 1. home in on sth to move directly towards something in order to attack and destroy it - use this especially about missiles: Cruise Missiles can home in on their targets with incredible accuracy.■ SIMILAR TO: target2. home in on sth to direct your attention or efforts towards a particular subject or problem: He immediately homed in on the weak point in her argument. The commission's final report will home in on the possible causes of the crash.■ SIMILAR TO: focus on/upon
See:- (I've) got to go home and get my beauty sleep
- (one's) long home
- a home bird
- a home from home
- a home truth
- a house is not a home
- a man's home is his castle
- a woman's place is in the home
- an Englishman's home is his castle
- at home
- at home with
- be (one's) spiritual home
- be at home
- be close to home
- be home and dry
- be home and hosed
- be home free
- be nothing (much) to write home about
- be nothing, not much, etc. to write home about
- be out of house and home
- be somebody's spiritual home
- bring (one) home
- bring (something) home (to someone)
- bring home
- bring home the bacon
- bring home the bacon, to
- bring home to
- bring something home
- bring something home to somebody
- bring something home to someone
- Charity begins at home
- chickens come home to roost
- chickens come home to roost, one's
- close call/shave, a
- close to home
- come home
- come home by Weeping Cross
- come home from (some place or something)
- come home from some place
- come home to
- come home to (someone or something)
- come home to roost
- come home to someone
- Come in and make yourself at home
- curses, like chickens, come home to roost
- do (one's) homework
- down-home
- drive home
- drive something home
- drive/hammer something home
- East, West, home's best
- eat (one) out of house and home
- eat out of house and home
- eat somebody out of house and home
- eat someone out of house and home
- eat someone out of house and home, to
- feel at home
- get home to
- get home to (someone or something)
- go abroad and you'll hear news of home
- go hard or go home
- go home in a box
- go home to mama
- got to go home and get my beauty sleep
- hammer (something) home
- hammer home
- hang up (one's) fiddle when (one) comes home
- hang up your fiddle when you come home
- hearth and home
- hit a home run
- hit home
- hit home with (one)
- hit one where one lives
- hit/strike home
- home and dry
- home and hosed
- home away from home
- home away from home, a
- home bird
- home folks
- home free
- home free, to be
- home game
- home in
- home in on
- home in on (something)
- Home is where the heart is
- home is where you hang your hat
- home on
- home run
- home skillet
- home sweet home
- home team
- home truth
- home, James!
- home, James(, and don't spare the horses)
- homeboy
- homebrew
- home-brew
- homegirl
- homegrown
- homes
- homeslice
- homespun
- house and home
- house poor
- in the home stretch
- keep the home fires burning
- ladybug ladybug, fly away home
- ladybug, ladybug, fly away home
- leave home
- long home
- longest way round is the shortest way home
- make (oneself) at home
- make oneself at home
- Make yourself at home
- man's home is his castle
- Men make houses, women make homes
- money from home
- nobody home
- not anything to write home about
- not something to write home about
- not until the cows come home
- not worth writing home about
- nothing to write home about
- on (one's) home ground
- on (one's) home patch
- on (one's) home turf
- on (your) home ground
- on one's home ground
- on the home front
- on the home straight
- on the home straight/stretch
- on the home stretch
- one's home away from home
- out of house and home
- pick up (one's) marbles and go home
- pick up your marbles and go home
- play away from home
- press home
- press home (one's) advantage
- press home your advantage
- press something home
- ram (something) home
- ram something home
- romp home
- romp home/to victory
- run away (from someone or something)
- see (one) home
- see home
- set up home
- set up house/home
- stay at home
- stay-at-home
- stay-at-home dad
- stay-at-home mom
- steal a base
- strike home
- strike home with
- strike home with (one)
- take (one's) ball and go home
- take home
- take home the bacon
- the home straight
- the home stretch
- the lights are on but no one is at home
- the lights are on but nobody's home
- The lights are on, but nobody's home
- the longest way round is the shortest way home
- There’s nobody home
- There's no place like home
- There's nobody home
- til the cows come home
- till the cows come home
- till/until the cows come home
- too close for comfort
- until the cows come home
- What's (something) when it's at home?
- when (one's) ship comes home
- when he's, it's, etc. at home?
- who's (someone) when (he's/she's/they're) at home
- who's someone when they're at home
- write home about
- Yankee go home
- you can't go home again
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