home ground

noun

1. an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar:

   When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.

home ground

noun

1. a familiar area or topic

Example Sentences

The guidelines to basically stay home ground much of the economy to a halt, and we had no idea when normal life would resume.

From Washington Post

He has also placed the action on home ground, cleverly locating the first half of Solo in a world he knows well.

From The Daily Beast

When the home ground is large enough, two or three of these trees should be planted near the borders.

From Project Gutenberg

They could parallel our lines—they could give us active opposition right here on the home ground.

From Project Gutenberg

In another corner stood a barrel of home-ground corn meal and a big hogshead of water.

From Project Gutenberg

Pennsylvania was the home ground of the Jenkins mills, and Jim was determined to hit as many heads as he could.

From Project Gutenberg

But the impact is somewhat more pronounced on their own home ground—seeing them en masse.

From Project Gutenberg

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