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home run

(eg. vexed, celtic, tone )

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  • home run  a base hit on which the batter scores a run

    home run meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (n) a base hit on which the batter scores a run
    2. (n) something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
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    Synonym(s)

    bull's eye, mark

    home run usage(s) Create your Own

    1. July 20, 1976 Hank Aaron, playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, slammed the final home run of his career against the California Angels, setting the home run record at 755.
    2. Holtman and shortstop Liz Wallace lifted Tucholsky and completed the inspiring home run trot.
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  • home secretary  the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office
  • home stand  a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court
  • home study  a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom
  • home territory  the area in which an animal normally ranges
  • home theater  television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience…
  • home theatre  television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience…
  • home truth  an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)
  • home-baked  baked at home
  • home-brewed  brewed at home
  • home-builder  someone who builds houses as a business
  • home-cured  cured at home
  • home-farm  a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment
  • home-fried potatoes  sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp
  • home-loving  devoted to home duties and pleasures
  • home-school  educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school
  • home-style  as if in the home
  • homebody  a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel
  • homebound  /ˈhoʊm ˌbaʊnd/ ?  people who are confined to their homes
  • homeboy  a fellow male member of a youth gang
  • homebrew  an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home
  • homebuilder  /ˈhoʊm ˌbɪl dər/ ?  someone who builds houses as a business
  • homecoming  /ˈhoʊm ˌkə mɪŋ/ ?  an annual school or university reunion for graduates
  • homecourt advantage  the advantage of playing on your home court in front of fans…
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