Examples of 'leave the nest' in a sentence
Meaning of "leave the nest"
refers to the act of a young person, typically a child or young adult, moving away from their home and becoming independent. It symbolizes the transition from dependence to self-reliance
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- To leave home; To stop living with one's parents.
- To become independent; To begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, nest.
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Fledglings leave the nest after a month.
The first of you to leave the nest.
We have to leave the nest if we want to fly.
We got birds ready to leave the nest.
Can not leave the nest empty.
Time for my babies to leave the nest.
We have to leave the nest to really grow up.
And if you are willing to leave the nest.
You got to leave the nest sometime.
Mine are nearly ready to leave the nest.
I had to leave the nest to do that.
Our son is ready to leave the nest.
They leave the nest then return again.
The last one to leave the nest.
The young leave the nest at three years of age.
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So let the bird leave the nest.
Males leave the nest as soon as they reach adulthood.
The doves must leave the nest.
To leave the nest finally.
The bird has to leave the nest.
Young leave the nest within seven weeks of birth.
Fledglings almost ready to leave the nest.
You have to leave the nest to learn to fly.
It is hard to see them leave the nest.
We all must leave the nest at some point.
It was time for my oldest to leave the nest.
Children all leave the nest one day.
It is natural for children to leave the nest.
The workers leave the nest in search of food.
I watched my last child leave the nest.
Bryce is first to leave the nest as he heads to the crates.
Millennials are not anxious to leave the nest.
Time to leave the nest.
College graduates struggle to leave the nest.
That is why we leave the nest there in its place.
Then at last he has to leave the nest.
The young leave the nest four months later.
The second fledgling to leave the nest.
The young leave the nest shortly after hatching.
The child will leave the nest.
Chicks leave the nest at about five weeks after hatching.
You need to leave the nest.
Increasing numbers of young adults are failing to leave the nest.
I guess you have to leave the nest sometime.
They leave the nest in the summer to start a new colony.
That you leave the nest.
It would desolate us to have her leave the nest.
Ready to leave the nest.
I now have grandkids starting to leave the nest.
Kids leave the nest.
