Learn English – Difference between “make your way home” and “go home”

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Could somebody explain to me the difference between "make your way home" and "go home" . Thanks a lot in advance.

Best Answer

Both "making your way home" and "going home" mean to leave where you are and proceed to your place of residence. The former, however, is employed to describe an arduous journey. From Hope: A Memoir by Bernard Warach:

I rose at five, washed, had a cup of coffee, and walked to the Independent subway station at First Avenue and Houston Street. I took the D train express to 125th Street and changed to the local to 135th Street. I had a very long climb up several hundred steps from the base of St. Nicholas Part to St. Nicholas Terrace above and a further walk to the college buildings, and my class was at eight. There were frequent snows and ice during the winter on the park steps and terrace. I carried a heavy school bag with textbooks.... I then reversed direction to make my way home.

Go here for a view of the steps from Nicholas Avenue to Nicholas Terrace above.

The obstacles are not required. It's acceptable to say, "I left the party and made my way home without incident or hindrance."