going home
Bound for base
Going home is returning to one's residence or place of origin.
The phrase often carries emotional weight beyond mere travel—it suggests comfort, belonging, or reunion: I'm going home for the holidays.
In sports, a ball going home reaches home plate or the goal.
Euphemistically, going home can mean dying, suggesting a return to one's spiritual origin.
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- crossing overMoving across a boundary
- returnGo back again
- eternal restEuphemism for death
- passing awayEuphemism for dying
reunion · destination · prodigal · road trip · nostalgia · travel · belonging · slipping away · final journey · last goodbye · comfort · family · peace · sanctuary · driveway · voyage · roots · liberation
going homeleaving home
Departing one's residence
going out · setting out · heading out · departing · going away
going homestaying put
Remaining in place
hanging out · sticking around · burning the midnight oil · pressing on
going homemoving away
Changing residence location
running away · fleeing · uprooting · cutting ties · disappearing
home, gone, going, goes, homesick, hometown, homed, homing, homeward