home run
noun
1
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
2
: an impressive success
the president's speech was a home run
Examples of home run in a Sentence
He hit three home runs.
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He’s averaged 34 home runs per season over the past four years while playing in 156 or more games each season.
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Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Moving Devers to first base would displace Triston Casas, a former first-round pick who hit 24 home runs two seasons ago and just turned 25.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Gallo hit 41 home runs in 2017 and 40 the following season.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The Giants are still searching for their first player to hit at least 30 home runs in a single season since Barry Bonds did so in 2004, and Adames and Ramos are among the candidates to break the streak.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Moving Devers to first base would displace Triston Casas, a former first-round pick who hit 24 home runs two seasons ago and just turned 25.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Gallo hit 41 home runs in 2017 and 40 the following season.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The Giants are still searching for their first player to hit at least 30 home runs in a single season since Barry Bonds did so in 2004, and Adames and Ramos are among the candidates to break the streak.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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