home ground

noun

1. an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar:

   When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.

home ground

noun

1. a familiar area or topic

Example Sentences

They will be determined to see the job through at their home ground after failing to hold on to leads in their two summer Test defeats in New Zealand.

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And that was during a three-day trip that included getting caught on video flying down a waterslide in Loch Lomond and training at St Mirren's home ground.

From BBC

Hezbollah has also been making plans since the end of the 2006 war, and would be fighting on home ground, in south Lebanon which has plenty of rugged, hilly terrain that suits guerrilla tactics.

From BBC

Sri Lanka would be much closer, or may already have the game won, had it not been for the brilliance of Smith, who electrified his home ground with some breathtaking batting.

From BBC

Pope looked ill at ease at the crease in stepping up to replace the injured Ben Stokes, managing only 30 runs in the first two Tests, but found comfort on his home ground to crack an unbeaten 103.

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