from home

prepositional phrase

Away from home, not at home; away, out.

OriginMiddle English fram home →
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. UKdatedidiomaticAway from home, not at home; away, out.

    men are merriest when they are from home

    c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene 2
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    the old Gentleman being from Home, or out of the way when my Messenger came, my Letter came directly to my Sons Hand

    1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: W. Chetwood and T. Edling, page 411

    I cannot bear the thoughts of a Christmas spent from home

    1847, Anne Brontë, chapter 8, in Agnes Grey, volume 3, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, page 133

    He had excuses. His family difficulties, his long stay from home.

    1969, John Fowles, chapter 21, in The French Lieutenant’s Woman, London: Panther, published 1971, page 156

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfram home
  2. Englishfrom home

From Middle English fram home, from hame, from hom.

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APA

from home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20home

MLA

“from home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20home. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from home,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20home.

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