home in on

Idioms  

1. Move toward or focus on a goal, as in He began with a couple of jokes before homing in on the main subject of his talk. This expression originally alluded to a vessel, aircraft or missile being guided to its target by a radio beam or some other means. [c. 1920]

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home in on

Several of the papers on Thursday home in on a warning to Andy Burnham from the City of London.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

It helped intelligence officials home in on Oseguera’s location, those people said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Grosslight expects investors to home in on messaging around the telehealth company’s GLP-1 franchise, which he puts at around one-third of total revenue.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

You’ll want to home in on your stocks’ respective industry groups and how they rank compared with others in terms of performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

To home in on something is to zero in or concentrate on it.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Related Words

• apply oneself to
• concentrate
• engage
• fixate
• pay attention to
• pore over