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home2 S1 W1
1 to or at the place where you live : 
Is Sue home from work yet?
Is Sue home from work yet? come/get/reach etc home (=arrive at your home) It was midnight by the time we got home. What time are you coming home?
! Do not use a preposition (a word such as 'at' or 'to') before home when it is an adverb: I travel home by bus (NOT I travel at home by bus).He returned home (NOT He returned to home).It was midnight by the time we got home.What time are you coming home?2 to earn a certain amount of money after tax has been taken off : The average worker takes home around $300 a week.
take home £120 per week/$600 a month etc
The average worker takes home around $300 a week.3
hit/drive/hammer etc something home
a) to make sure that someone understands what you mean by saying it in an extremely direct and determined way : We really need to drive this message home.
We really need to drive this message home.b) to hit or push something firmly into the correct position
4 to make you realize how serious, difficult, or dangerous something is : The episode has brought home to me the pointlessness of this war.
bring something home to somebody/come home to somebody
The episode has brought home to me the pointlessness of this war.5 if a remark, situation, or experience hits home, it makes you realize how serious, difficult, or dangerous something is : She could see that her remark had hit home.
hit/strike home
She could see that her remark had hit home.7 to have succeeded in doing the most difficult part of something : If I last five years with no symptoms, I'll be home free.
be home free
American English informalIf I last five years with no symptoms, I'll be home free.
