home run

American  

[hohm ruhn] / ˈhoʊm ˈrʌn /

noun

• home runs
  plural

1. Also called homer.  Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases. h.r., hr, HR

2. a complete or unqualified success.

   trying to hit a home run at the box office.

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home run British  

noun

1. baseball a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases, usually by hitting the ball out of the playing area

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home run Idioms  

1. A highly successful achievement; also, doubling one's profits. For example, We scored a home run with that drug stock, buying it at 15 and selling at 30. This expression originated in the mid-1800s in baseball, where it refers to a pitched ball batted so far that the batter can round all three bases and reach home plate, scoring a run. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• home runs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of home run

An Americanism first recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

home run

It was 1966 and she was sent by her family to a maternity home run by the Salvation Army more than 150 miles away, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

He hits a game-winning home run down the left-field line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

His pinch-hit home run Thursday gave the Dodgers the lead over the Brewers — before Edwin Díaz’s blown save.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Andy Pages hit a solo home run in the ninth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Dusty Baker has blasted a home run into the bleachers and the Dodgers into the record books. Home run!”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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