home away from home
noun phrase
US
: a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as one's own home
Whenever he came to the city, his brother's place was like a home away from home.
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College students who opt to live in campus housing often want to make their dorm rooms a home away from home.
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Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
These villas are booking longer stays, attracting groups and families who want home away from home comfort without giving up resort perks.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
This will feel like a home away from home for Daniel Farke and his side.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
The building, at 1515 Broadway (site of MTV’s Total Request Live as well as late corporate founder Sumner Redstone’s home away from home at various stages of empire-building), could soon be in the media rear-view mirror.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
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Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
These villas are booking longer stays, attracting groups and families who want home away from home comfort without giving up resort perks.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
This will feel like a home away from home for Daniel Farke and his side.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
The building, at 1515 Broadway (site of MTV’s Total Request Live as well as late corporate founder Sumner Redstone’s home away from home at various stages of empire-building), could soon be in the media rear-view mirror.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for home away from home
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“Home away from home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20away%20from%20home. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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