Collocation
leave home
to move out of the family home or depart from one’s home to live elsewhere
Definition
'leave home' is a common English collocation. to move out of the family home or depart from one’s home to live elsewhere
leave + home
“I had to leave home early to catch the first train.”
Examples
- She left home at eighteen to go to university.
- If you leave home without your keys, you will be locked out.
- He is planning to leave home next year and rent an apartment with friends.
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- They left home in a hurry when the storm warning came.
- Many people leave home for the first time when they start a new job in another city.
- I had never left home before, so moving abroad felt terrifying and exciting.
- When he left home, he promised to call his grandmother every week.
- She did not leave home until she had saved enough money to support herself.
More verb + nouns
- make progress to improve or move forward toward a goal over time
- start work to begin working, especially at a job or on a task
- make money to earn money; to generate a profit or income
- make a request to ask formally for something, especially through an official process
- do business to conduct commercial activity; to buy, sell, or work with another company professionally