home away from home
Americanidiom
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a place, often visited, where one feels as comfortable as in their own home.
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a place one frequents so regularly or spends so much time there as to be considered, often humorously, a second home.
Example Sentences
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And don’t assume things in your new home away from home will operate with the same efficiency that you’re used to.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The Orion spacecraft is, at least for the next few days, the home away from home for the Artemis II astronauts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Jaguars head coach Liam Coen, whose team hold the NFL's UK marketing rights, said "London is undoubtedly our home away from home".
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Trade association the National Caravan Council said caravan holidays continued to endure because they offered "a convenient home away from home, away from the pressures of everyday life".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Then he made it his home away from home and began painstakingly to learn the town from the ground up, while searching for a family whose experience would carry a narrative.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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