out of house and home

prepositional phrase

In a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticIn a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof.

    Many amphibians are being heated out of house and home.

    c. 2005, “Global Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?”, in Science NOW
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    Poets will drink you out of house and home leaving your living room in disarray

    2002, Gail White, “Partying with the Intelligentsia”, in Gail White: Greatest Hits 1981-2001, →ISBN, page 15

    The other major reason [to puppy-proof] is to keep you from being chewed out of house and home.

    c. 2005, “Helping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home”, in The Progressive Animal Welfare Society, retrieved 16 Apr 2015
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APA

out of house and home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20house%20and%20home

MLA

“out of house and home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20house%20and%20home. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of house and home,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20house%20and%20home.

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