from home

from home

1. (idiomatic, dated, chiefly UK) Away from home, not at home; away, out.
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene 2,

     men are merriest when they are from home

   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: W. Chetwood and T. Edling,p. 411,

     the old Gentleman being from Home, or out of the way when my Messenger came, my Letter came directly to my Sons Hand

   • 1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, Volume 3, Chapter 8, p. 133,

     I cannot bear the thoughts of a Christmas spent from home

   • 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, London: Panther, 1971, Chapter 21, p. 156,

     He had excuses. His family difficulties, his long stay from home.

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