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

Opened in 2017, the venue is best known as the home ground of French Top 14 rugby club Racing 92 and for having played host to the swimming events at the Olympics last year.

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In the fourth Test on his home ground of Trent Bridge, Broad was bowling England's first over for the first time in the absence of the injured James Anderson.

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At Yorkshire's home ground, Headingley, he paid for a balcony outside the dressing room for the players to sit and watch the game.

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"The rematch against Ireland at Soldier Field will be a huge occasion, and then facing some of the northern hemisphere's best at their home grounds is a fantastic challenge for us."

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France and Portugal have fixed home grounds, but others like Spain and the Netherlands move around.

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