go home
go home — idiom
1. to leave the spot where you currently are and make your way back to the place wh
to leave the spot where you currently are and make your way back to the place where you live now.
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.
It was almost midnight when Putri finally caught a bus to go home.
After the shop closed, the workers locked the door and went home together.
Liang missed the last train, so he could not go home until morning.
- head home
more casual; stresses starting the journey back
- return home
slightly more formal, written tone
- 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
2. to make a trip back to the town or country where your family raised you, usually
to make a trip back to the town or country where your family raised you, usually for a visit.
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
Padma calls her parents weekly, but she rarely gets a chance to go home.
Marco went home to his village for his grandmother's eightieth birthday party.
Many students go home during the long summer break to see old friends.
- go back home
adds the idea of a familiar place left earlier
- return to one's roots
more literary; stresses heritage rather than a single trip
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.