home run
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2.5
- noun
- /hoʊm rʌn/
- Informal
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gran éxito
- It's lightweight, add some shine without heaviness, and I think it is a home run product.
- home runs and RBIs
- home run record
- home run, grand slam
Empire being one of real home runs, like home runs we haven't seen in a long time.
- Empire being one of real home runs, like home runs we haven't seen in a long time.
- Yes, unless I get lucky and just find a freaking home run business out of it.
- But I don't go into it thinking these all need to be home runs by that metric.
- What's great about social is there's so many more potential for home runs and grand slams.
- If this stays put we might have a home run winner.
- And I was like, what a home run, bro, You hit the ball out the park, bro.
- So it was a very significant home run
- We were thinking that would work to our benefit because it was such a home run deal.
- But, and so I think it's unreasonable to think that you're always going to hit home runs.
- Clearly, I think Marvel really needs Thor love and Thunder to be essentially a home run.
- I have some hits, some home runs, some colorful neutral.
Examples
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This is a home run.
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Mr. Galt, you hit a home run on that one.
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We were thinking that would work to our benefit because it was such a home run deal.
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I want you to hit a home run for me, Bob.
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And boy, oh, boy, they hit a home run.
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That was a home run.
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Both incredible games that were absolute home runs by all accounts.
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I personally think Sony has hit a home run with this one.
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We need a home run, and Petrino looks like our best option.
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The launch of the new smartphone was a complete home run, surpassing all sales projections.
Synonyms
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4.2
A perfect result that reaches the main goal
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7.0
A very successful result that does exactly what it should
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Literally 'home' + 'run' describes the baseball action of scoring by running to home plate, so the components compose a clear sport-specific meaning; the extended idiomatic usage meaning 'an outstanding success' is a metaphorical extension from that sporting achievement. Because understanding the idiomatic success sense requires cultural/sports knowledge and is not fully predictable from the words alone for an average B1 learner, the expression is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Home run comes from the baseball idea of scoring clearly and well: because a home run gets the batter home and wins points, people started using the phrase to mean 'a great success', so we call a very successful action a home run.