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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Example Sentences

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

The projects seek to home in on shared values and avoid works that dehumanize other people, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

“We thought it would be Hillary when Barack Obama won, so we’re far away from having to home in on who could run for the Democratic Party — we’ll see, we’ll wait.”

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Other consumer-goods companies have also begun to slim down portfolios and home in on core categories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

But he remembered from his science and technology studies at school that the search planes used heat-seeking devices which could identify body warmth and would home in on two humans huddled in shrubbery.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

Related Words

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