bringing home

Fetching to house

Bringing home is the act of returning somewhere with something or someone in tow.

You bring home groceries, a paycheck, or a new partner to meet the family.

To bring home the bacon is to earn money for the household.

Figuratively, to bring something home is to make it vivid or real: The documentary brought home the reality of war.

Related

groceries · grocery bags · bags · front door · fetch · paycheck · bacon · achievement · accomplishment · triumph · reunion · win · gold medal · arrival · keys · family · new baby · stray cat

Opposites
direction of transport

bringing hometaking away

Removing something from somewhere

removing · taking out · sending off · shipping out · exporting

retention vs. abandonment

bringing homeleaving behind

Departing without something

abandoning · discarding · forsaking · giving away · relinquishing

CLARITY OF COMMUNICATION (idiomatic sense)

bringing homeobscuring

Making less visible

muddling · confusing · glossing over · obfuscating · downplaying

Family

home, bring, homeland, brought, homesick, brings, bringing, hometown, homecoming

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G