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Refers to your country of origin. Which may not be the country you were born in, but the country of your ethnicity or race. Where your parents/grandparents/ancestors were originally from.
Hurlbut: "You said that you go 'back home', now what do you mean by Back Home"?
Malcom X: "Back among our own people, back into our original civilisation"
Back Home by minarani November 26, 2012
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Back Home Baller 

The condition when one goes home to visit family, and since they visit home rarely, are treated very well by parents when they return.
I'm a back home baller. I do what I want and I get what I want cause my parents miss their daughter.
Back Home Baller by Browncoat83 December 17, 2014

Loser back home 

An expat in a good social, romantic and/or financial situation that the speaker believes he would not be have been able to achieve back home. Pejorative; implies that the subject became an expat because he "couldn't hack it" among his countrymen.
Often abbreviated to "LBH", but that page has a kajillion definitions saying it stands for "let's be honest".
Related terms: Sexpat, laowai.
Tim's been making good money working in China, and he has a beautiful girlfriend, but his fellow Americans can tell he's a loser back home.
Loser back home by sapodilla August 9, 2021
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take it back home 

to make it happen; to take care of business; to accomplish something of significance
"With swollen pockets we gon' take it back home.." - M.A.R.S, featured on the "Clones" by the Roots
take it back home by Gee` September 6, 2005

Come back home 

a term used for when you reminiscing about your ex or you miss them
“bru trinity needa come back home”
Come back home by Aleigha June 22, 2023

Have her back home by 11:00 

Really means bring her back no later than 10:30.
Overprotective Father: Let me remind you that it's MY daughter you're dating. You'd better have her back home by 11:00, or so help me, you WILL marry her!

Boyfriend: 10:30. Got it.

Sending Gatsby back home

A euphemism for sexual intercourse, presumably derived from the fact that Gatsby lived in a place called "West Egg." The resulting euphemism implies that the sex is intended to result in pregnancy.
Matt- "Dude, when I go abroad next year I'm gonna be 'sending Gatsby back home' all night, every night!"
Dave- "Matt, the last thing we need is a whole shit ton of pregnant furries."