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What does "home" mean?

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In addition to the idioms beginning with home, also see at home; bring home; bring home the bacon; chickens come home to roost; close to home Drive Home; eat someone out of house and home; make oneself at home; nobody home; nothing to write home about; till the cows come home.

See home in WNW Idioms

at home

in one's own house, neighborhood, city, or country
as if in one's own home; comfortable; at ease; familiar
willing to receive visitors

bring something home to

to impress something upon or make something clear to
to fasten the blame for something on (someone)

come home

to return, as to one's home

home free

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Slang beyond the point of doubt in approaching success or victory

home (in) on

to guide, or be guided as by radar, heat, etc., to (a destination or target)

See home in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

at home

Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays.
Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles.
Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French.

home free

Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.

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