go home

IPA/ɡˌəʊ hˈəʊm/
IPA/ɡˌoʊ hˈoʊm/

go home — idiom

1. to leave the spot where you currently are and make your way back to the place wh

1.慣用語不及物A1
釋義

to leave the spot where you currently are and make your way back to the place where you live now.

例句

Caio felt tired after the long meeting, so he decided to go home early.

go home + early (typical adverb)

The rain started, and all the children at the park ran to go home.

同義詞
  • head home

    more casual; stresses starting the journey back

  • return home

    slightly more formal, written tone

反義詞
  • go out

    leave home for an outing rather than coming back

文法句型

go home

go home + time/manner

用法筆記

Object-free by nature: never add 'to' before 'home' in this phrase (not 'go to home'). Distinguish from sense 2 — here 'home' means your current place, not the family town you grew up in.

常見錯誤

I want to go to home now.
I want to go home now.
💡'home' acts like an adverb here, so no 'to' before it.

2. to make a trip back to the town or country where your family raised you, usually

2.慣用語不及物A2
釋義

to make a trip back to the town or country where your family raised you, usually for a visit.

例句

Nora studies in Berlin but flies home to Lagos every December for the holidays.

go/fly home for the holidays

After ten years abroad, Tariq finally saved enough money to go home.

go home after years away

同義詞

文法句型

go home

go home for [occasion]

用法筆記

Subject is usually someone living away from their roots (a student, migrant, or worker abroad). Distinguish from sense 1 — the destination is the childhood family base, not wherever the speaker presently lives.