home run

noun

: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run

: an impressive success

the president's speech was a home run

Examples of home run in a Sentence

He hit three home runs.

Recent Examples on the Web While home runs by Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jake Burger were enough to push Miami to victory, the team allowed the Mets to linger around thanks to poor infield defense. —

Kaushik Sampath, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024 Judge and Soto are both enjoying MVP caliber seasons, combining for 60 home runs and 160 RBI. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024 Three innings later, Lux struck again, lifting an opposite-field home run to left that gave the Dodgers a 4-2 lead en route to their sweep-clinching victory at Dodger Stadium. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024 Our Man Seidel was there for that, too, and the whole Cooperstown weekend, as Leyland hit one last home run into the crowd. —

Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for home run

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