[at home] {adv.}
or {adj. phr.}
1. In the place where you live or come from. *
* /I went to his house, but he was not at home./* /Americans abroad are protected by the government like Americans at home./
2. Knowing what to do or say; familiar; comfortable.
* /Charles and John enjoy working together because they feel at home with each other./* /The politician was at home among poor farmers and among rich factory owners./* /Make the new student feel at home in your school./* /Would you be at home driving a truck?/* /Jim always lived by a lake, and he is at home in the water./* /Tom has read many books about missiles and is at home in that subject./
Syn.: AT EASE(2). Compare: IN ONE'S ELEMENT, MAKE ONESELF AT HOME. Contrast: AT A LOSS.
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