go home

Return to base

Go home is a command or suggestion to return to one's residence, often implying that someone should leave the current location.

It can be dismissive or concerned depending on tone: You're drunk—go home versus It's late, you should go home.

In sports, to go home means to score or reach home plate.

The phrase go home to can mean to return permanently: She went home to God is a euphemism for dying.

Related

path · porch · call it a day · pack up · hallway · family · belonging · residence · sanctuary · homecoming · curfew · nostalgia · abode · commute · long day · reunion · welcome · couch

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Opposites
direction of movement

go homeleave home

Depart from one's residence

go out · head out · set out · go away · depart

social activity

go homestay out

Remain outside or absent

go out · hang out · paint the town · paint the town red · socialize

work/duty context

go homego to work

Travel to employment

clock in · show up · work overtime

Family

go, home, gone, homeless, homely, goes, homer, homesick, homey

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G