home field
noun
sports
: a team's own field where it plays in front of its fans
The team has been tough to beat on its home field.
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Many people inside Rogers Centre left their seats promptly, uninterested in watching the Dodgers celebrate on Toronto’s home field after winning a second consecutive title.
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The Blue Jays will now try to deliver the knockout punch on their home field in Game 6.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In a video shared by the Chiefs official Instagram, a wide-eyed Lucy, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment, stood on the team's home field alongside her family as Mahomes approached them with a football — but not just any football, rather, the game ball.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The difference is that this one gave his team a 2-1 series lead, and if this one ends in five the Dodgers will be celebrating a championship on their home field for the first time since Sandy Koufax jumped off the mound in jubilation in October of 1963.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The Blue Jays will now try to deliver the knockout punch on their home field in Game 6.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In a video shared by the Chiefs official Instagram, a wide-eyed Lucy, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment, stood on the team's home field alongside her family as Mahomes approached them with a football — but not just any football, rather, the game ball.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The difference is that this one gave his team a 2-1 series lead, and if this one ends in five the Dodgers will be celebrating a championship on their home field for the first time since Sandy Koufax jumped off the mound in jubilation in October of 1963.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Home field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20field. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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