home away from home

noun phrase

: a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as one's own home

Whenever he came to the city, his brother's place was like a home away from home.

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This time, to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a transplantation center that soon would become a home away from home. —

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024 All had previously sailed on other cruise lines before finding their home away from home on the cruise line. —

Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Jack White is taking it a step further and is claiming to give Trump an appointment to his home away from home: the courtroom. —

Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024 These things matter to the significance of a place, as do its original quirks, creative adaptations and the thousands of hours that generations of fans have spent there, cheering, crying and building a home away from home. —

Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home away from home

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