home run
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. Abbreviations: h.r., hr, HR
a complete or unqualified success: trying to hit a home run at the box office.
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How to use home run in a sentence
He and Aníbal Sánchez encouraged teammates to dance in the dugout after home runs.
Gerardo Parra gets a minor league deal and spring training invite with the Nationals | Jesse Dougherty | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostThroughout his 23-year career, he displayed remarkable consistency, smacking between 24 and 47 home runs in 19 straight seasons.
Baseball Legend Hank Aaron Has Passed Away, But His Home Run Record Remains a Lesson in Courage and Commitment | Sean Gregory | January 22, 2021 | TimeIn 1974, Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record that had been in place for 39 years.
It brought to nine the number of baseball Hall of Famers who have died over the past nine months, an unfathomable loss of institutional knowledge, accumulated wins and home runs, and childhood idols for fans of a certain age.
Don Sutton, a 300-game winner, Hall of Famer and longtime broadcaster, dies at 75 | Dave Sheinin | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostGetting aggressive with article volume and testing drives impactPublishers may have to take a lot of swings before they hit a home run with commerce content.
Five commerce strategies every publisher should consider in 2021 | StackCommerce | January 19, 2021 | Digiday
The AHA stepped up to the plate, but instead of an out-of-the-ballpark home run, it fouled out.
Tony Perez hit a home run, and the Mets came to the bottom of the ninth behind five to three.
Somebody said the laundry shelled out twenty-one thousand dollars in home run money that year.
The Great Paul Hemphill Celebrates the Long Gone Birmingham Barons | Paul Hemphill | March 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Tom Jones somehow hit a home run with Spirit in the Room.
The Strangest and Most Surprising Recordings of 2013 | Ted Gioia | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWith this particular audience, Cruz arguably hit a home run.
Once everybody in the park shouted and stood up and Peter said it was a home run, but Pat gave very little heed to this.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounHe couldn't be burdened with learning about hits and errors or even the thing called a home run.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounThe next man up hit one squarely on the nose and boosted it over the fence for a home run.
Mystery Wings | Roy J. SnellYou knocked a home run that first day of school, and you can do it again.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. QuirkDon't you remember that home run he knocked the first day of school?
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. Quirk
British Dictionary definitions for home run
baseball a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases, usually by hitting the ball out of the playing area
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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.
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