go home
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Definition
- Verb:
- To return to one's place of residence: The phrase "go home" means to travel to the house, apartment, or other dwelling where one lives.
- To return to one's place of origin or belonging: It can also imply returning to one's native country, city, or a place considered one's true home.
Usage
- The phrase "go home" is used to describe the action of leaving one's current location to return to the place where one lives.
- It is a common, everyday instruction or statement.
- It is typically used without a preposition before "home" (e.g., "go home," not "go to home").
Examples
- Verb:
- It's late; I should go home now.
- After the party, everyone decided to go home.
- She was tired and wanted to go home to rest.
Advanced Usage
- "to want to go home": to have a strong desire to return to one's home.
- The child was crying because he wanted to go home.
- "time to go home": indicates that the moment for departing has arrived.
- The bell rang, signaling it was time to go home.
Variants and Related Words
- Go back home: A variant that emphasizes the return aspect.
- He had to go back home to get his keys.
- Head home: A synonym meaning to start the journey towards home.
- It's getting dark; we should head home.
Synonyms
- Return home: To come or go back to one's home.
- Head back: To start traveling back, often towards home.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Go on home: An informal variant, often used for emphasis or encouragement.
- You look exhausted. Why don't you go on home?
Related Idioms
- "Homeward bound": Traveling towards home.
- After the long trip, we were finally homeward bound.
- "There's no place like home": An expression meaning one's own home is the best and most comfortable place. (This idiom uses "home" but is related to the concept of returning to it.)
- After traveling for a month, she sighed and said, "There's no place like home."
Verb
- return home
- After the movie, we went home