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home run
[ hohm ruhn ]
noun
- 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
- a complete or unqualified success:
trying to hit a home run at the box office.
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of home run1
Idioms and Phrases
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.Example Sentences
The hitters have combined for 26 home runs.
The rest of the playoffs he hit .321 with four home runs and 16 RBIs to help the Dodgers to their eighth title, and second in his five years with the team.
Anthony Murphy had a home run, four hits and four RBIs.
Thompson’s son, Brody, playing his second game of the season after sitting out because of transfer restrictions, hit his first home run and had three hits and two RBIs.
Yet he kept finding ways to break through, including hitting a home run at Dodger Stadium in the 2002 City Invitational final.
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