leave the nest

  • 1leave the nest — fly/leave the nest to leave your parents home for the first time in order to live somewhere else. Once the kids have all flown the nest we might sell this house and move somewhere smaller …

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  • 2leave the nest — leave/fly/the nest phrase to move away from your parents’ home because you are an adult All their children have flown the nest. Thesaurus: relating to adulthoodhyponym Main entry: nest …

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  • 3leave the nest — to move from your parents home and live independently. Our kids have all left the nest and the house seems empty now …

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  • 4fly the nest — fly/leave the nest to leave your parents home for the first time in order to live somewhere else. Once the kids have all flown the nest we might sell this house and move somewhere smaller …

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  • 5The Nest (television series) — Infobox Television show name = The Nest Production Company = Freehand Productions genre = Observational Documentary creator = developer = Freehand Productions presenter = presenter = theme music composer = opentheme = endtheme = country =… …

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  • 6fly the nest — leave/fly/the nest phrase to move away from your parents’ home because you are an adult All their children have flown the nest. Thesaurus: relating to adulthoodhyponym Main entry: nest …

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  • 7nest|ling — «NEHST lihng», noun. 1. a bird too young to leave the nest. 2. a young child …

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  • 8fly the nest — verb to leave ones parents or other guardians one had as a child and begin an independent life …

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  • 9nest — nest1 [nest] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(birds)¦ 2¦(insects/animals)¦ 3 leave/fly the nest 4 nest of spies/thieves/intrigue etc 5 nest of tables/boxes etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English;] 1.) ¦(BIRDS)¦ a place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to live in… …

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  • 10nest — 1 noun (C) 1 a hollow place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to make its home in 2 a place where insects or small animals live: a field mouse s nest 3 a nest of spies/criminals/vice etc a place where there are many bad people or… …

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