leave the nest (English, verb)
expansion: leave the nest (third-person singular simple present leaves the nest, present participle leaving the nest, simple past and past participle left the nest)
Senses:
glosses: To leave home; to stop living with one's parents.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To become independent; to begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, nest.
Forms:
form: leaves the nest
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: leaving the nest
tags: participle
present
form: left the nest
tags: participle
past
form: left the nest
tags: past