Definition

1. 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

1. return home
   • After the movie, we went home