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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
1855–60, Americanism
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Home run
is always a great word to know.
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World English Dictionary
| home run | |
| —n | |
| 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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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
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.
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