home run
noun
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.
a complete or unqualified success: trying to hit a home run at the box office.
Origin of home run
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Words nearby home run
home port,
home range,
home row,
home rule,
home ruler,
home run,
home scrap,
home screen,
home secretary,
home sign,
home staging
Example sentences from the Web for home run
British Dictionary definitions for home run
home run
noun
baseball
a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases, usually by hitting the ball out of the playing area
Idioms and Phrases with home run
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.