"from home" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Etymology: From Middle English fram home, from hame, from hom. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fram home}} Middle English fram home Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} from home, {{en-PP}} from home
  1. (idiomatic, dated, chiefly UK) Away from home, not at home; away, out. Tags: UK, dated, idiomatic Derived forms: home from home
    Sense id: en-from_home-en-prep_phrase-XeIzdwC~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: W. Chetwood and T. Edling, page 411",
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