English Explanatory Dictionary

leave the nest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To leave home; to stop living with one's parents.
  2. To become independent; to begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, nest.

Word forms

leave the nest leaves the nest leaving the nest left the nest

Synonyms

fly the nest

Related words

empty nest nidifugous
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