# leave the nest

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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