home ground
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.
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How to use home ground in a sentence
The guidelines to basically stay home ground much of the economy to a halt, and we had no idea when normal life would resume.
How the pandemic has changed the way we see and use our homes — maybe forever | Jura Koncius | March 11, 2021 | Washington PostHe has also placed the action on home ground, cleverly locating the first half of Solo in a world he knows well.
James Bond is Back But is He Any Good without Fleming? | Robert McCrum | October 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the home ground is large enough, two or three of these trees should be planted near the borders.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnThey could parallel our lines—they could give us active opposition right here on the home ground.
Back Home | Irvin S. CobbIn another corner stood a barrel of home-ground corn meal and a big hogshead of water.
The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico | Wilmer M. Ely
Pennsylvania was the home ground of the Jenkins mills, and Jim was determined to hit as many heads as he could.
Sudden Jim | Clarence Budington KellandBut the impact is somewhat more pronounced on their own home ground—seeing them en masse.
Anchorite | Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for home ground
a familiar area or topic
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