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

1855-60, Americanism

Examples from the web for home run

More than the home run, more than the strikeout, the double play distills the physicality of baseball.
But he'll need a home run to offset shrinking margins.
It's not a home run, but it has a role that it can play.
They win their last game of the season on a bunt that ends up being an inside-the-park home run.
Eventually, you get the home run and makes back all your losses plus profit.
The jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts that the home run king lied to a grand jury.
They early realized, obviously enough, that it is not necessary to look at such a complicated process as a home run.
It was a home run for him, and he got national attention.
His game-winning blast over the boundary was cricket's version of a walk-off home run.
But some experts point out that, in practice, stem cell transplants are not always a 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

Word Origin and History for home run

1856, from home + run (n.).

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.