out of house and home

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Prepositional phrase

out of house and home

1. (idiomatic) In a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof.
   • 1999 May 31, “Pile Drivers Move Residents Out of House and Home”, in The Press, Christchurch:
   • 2002, Gail White, “Partying with the Intelligentsia”, in Gail White: Greatest Hits 1981-2001, →ISBN, page 15:

     Poets will drink you out of house and home
     leaving your living room in disarray

   • c. 2005, “Helping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home”, in The Progressive Animal Welfare Society, retrieved 16 April 2015:

     The other major reason [to puppy-proof] is to keep you from being chewed out of house and home.

   • c. 2005, “Global Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?”, in Science NOW:

     Many amphibians are being heated out of house and home.

Related terms

• eat someone out of house and home