Usually means: Become independent from parental home.
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  1. leave the nest: Merriam-Webster
  2. leave the nest: Wiktionary
  3. Leave the nest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. leave the nest: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (leave the nest)

verb:  (idiomatic) To leave home; to stop living with one's parents.
verb:  (idiomatic) To become independent; to begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, nest.

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