leave home

verb

To stop living with one's parents.

Meanings

verbleave home (third-person singular simple present leaves home, present participle leaving home, simple past and past participle left home)

present singular third person leaves home · participle present leaving home · participle past left home · past left home

  1. idiomaticTo stop living with one's parents.

    Synonyms: leave the nest, fly the nest

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo stop living with one's parents.

Also see

Translations

Finnish muuttaa omilleen
  • muuttaa omilleenstop living with one's parents
French quitter le nid familial, quitter le nid
  • quitter le nid familialstop living with one's parents
  • quitter le nidstop living with one's parents
Polish wyprowadzać się, wyprowadzić się
  • wyprowadzać sięstop living with one's parents
  • wyprowadzić sięstop living with one's parents
Spanish irse de casa
  • irse de casastop living with one's parents
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Chicago

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