home run

[ hohm-ruhn ]
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noun
  1. Also called homer .Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases. Abbreviations: h.r., hr, HR

  2. a complete or unqualified success: trying to hit a home run at the box office.

Origin of home run

1
An Americanism first recorded in 1855–60

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British Dictionary definitions for home run

home run

noun
  1. baseball a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases, usually by hitting the ball out of the playing area

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Other Idioms and Phrases with home run

home run

A highly successful achievement; also, doubling one's profits. For example, We scored a home run with that drug stock, buying it at 15 and selling at 30. This expression originated in the mid-1800s in baseball, where it refers to a pitched ball batted so far that the batter can round all three bases and reach home plate, scoring a run. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s.

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