stomping grounds
Usual hangout area
A person's stomping grounds are the places they frequent or feel at home—their familiar territory: I drove through my old stomping grounds last weekend.
The phrase evokes territorial presence, where repeated visits leave their mark.
Also appears as stamping grounds, the older form.
Frequented gathering place
- hauntTrouble persistently, as spirits
- turfGrass-covered earth surface
- backyardOutdoor space behind home
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
locale · spot · territory · domain · hood · community · block · scene
hangout
Frequented gathering place
- hauntTrouble persistently, as spirits
- turfGrass-covered earth surface
- backyardOutdoor space behind home
neighborhood · locale · spot · territory · domain · hood · community · block · scene · hub
hometown
One's place of origin
heritage · ancestral · homecoming · reminisce · bygone · sentimental · flashback · wistful · native · birthplace
turf
Grass-covered earth surface
jurisdiction · enclave · stronghold · province · precinct · district · zone · area · claimed · marked
- nostalgic placeschildhood home, grandparents house, hometown, old school, playground
- places of originhomeland, birthplace, motherland, fatherland, hometown
- rootstaproot, root system, root tip, fibrous root, primary root
stomping groundsterra incognita
Unexplored or unknown region
uncharted territory · foreign land · uncharted waters · parts unknown · virgin territory
stomping groundsenemy territory
Area controlled by opponents
hostile territory · forbidden zone · off-limits area · no-go zone · disputed territory
stomp, stomps, stomped, stomping, ground, grounds, grounded, grounding, grounder