Meaning:
The phrase leave the nest means to move from one's parents' home. Such a move is mainly motivated by a desire for independence.
Examples:
- My dad wants me to leave the nest, so he feels less weird that his girlfriend is 20.
- My son left the nest at the age of 21 and the house seems empty without him now.
- Well, that's hard when they leave the nest for the first time.
- I think our little Zed is ready to leave the nest.
- I'm giving a nudge to leave the nest.
- That I don't want my baby to leave the nest?
- Well, you gotta leave the nest at some point, huh?
- I guess you have to leave the nest sometime.
- The first of you to leave the nest.