Definition

1. Verb:
   • To leave (a place, situation, or activity) and go home/return to one's starting point: The core meaning is to depart, often abruptly or in dissatisfaction, with the implication of returning to a point of origin (e.g., home). It conveys quitting or abandoning a current location or activity.
   • To quit, to walk out: To abandon an endeavor, a game, a job, or a social situation before its expected conclusion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy tức giận và bỏ về nhà. (He got angry and went home.)
  • Trời mưa to nên buổi picnic đành phải bỏ về. (It rained heavily, so the picnic had to be called off [and everyone went home].)
  • Không chịu được áp lực, cô ấy bỏ về giữa cuộc họp. (Unable to bear the pressure, she walked out in the middle of the meeting.)
  • Trận đấu chưa kết thúc nhưng đội khách đã bỏ về. (The match wasn't over yet, but the visiting team quit and left.)

Advanced Usage

• "bỏ về không": To leave empty-handed, to return with nothing.
  • Hôm nay đi câu cả ngày nhưng tôi bỏ về không. (I went fishing all day today but I came back empty-handed.)
• The phrase often carries a nuance of disappointment, frustration, or giving up. The reason for leaving is usually negative (anger, boredom, failure, bad weather).

Variants and Related Words

• Bỏ (v): To abandon, to leave, to quit. (The core verb meaning "to leave/abandon").
• Về (v): To return, to go back. (Indicates the direction of movement).
• Bỏ đi (v): To leave, to go away. (Similar to "bỏ về" but does not necessarily imply "returning home"; the destination is unspecified).
• Bỏ cuộc (v): To give up, to quit (an effort or competition).

Synonyms

• Rời đi: To depart, to leave.
• Từ bỏ: To give up, to abandon.
• Bỏ đi: To leave, to go away.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Bỏ về nhà: To go back home.
  • Kết thúc công việc, anh ấy bỏ về nhà ngay. (Finishing work, he went straight home.)
• Bỏ về giữa chừng: To quit halfway, to leave in the middle of something.
  • Cậu ấy không kiên nhẫn, hay bỏ về giữa chừng. (He is not patient and often quits halfway.)

Related Idioms

• Ăn không nên đọi, nói không nên lời, bỏ về không chuyến: (A folk saying describing a completely failed endeavor where nothing goes right, leading to a return with nothing).

1. Leave, quit