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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
home run
–noun
1.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.
2.a complete or unqualified success: trying to hit a home run at the box office.
[Origin: 1855–60, Americanism]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
home run  
n.   Baseball Abbr. HR
A hit that allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the diamond and score a run.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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home run

noun
1. a base hit on which the batter scores a run [syn: homer] 
2. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" [syn: bell ringer] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

home run

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.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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home run

An investment that produced a large return in a short period of time for its purchaser. For example, an investor might purchase shares in an initial public offering that moves sharply upward in subsequent trading in the secondary market.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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