out-and-home

adjective

Of a journey, to a destination and then returning home.

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Meanings

adjectiveout-and-home (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a journey, to a destination and then returning home.

    Most South Western Division workings are on an out-and-home basis and on the shorter runs to Salisbury and Bournemouth, some locomotives manage two return trips in the day.

    1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 265
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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