home in on

phrasal verb

homed in on; homing in on; homes in on

: to find and move directly toward (someone or something)

The missile was homing in on its target.

—often used figuratively

Researchers are homing in on the cause of the disease.

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Interior linemen Braden Fiske, Kobie Turner and Bobby Brown will have to home in on their techniques, get off low and hold their ground. —

Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 Context: The Silicon Valley Banking crisis led boards to home in on risk management. —

Lucinda Shen, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025 The emergency motion homes in on outstanding discovery documents that weren’t produced, as requested by Lucey, last month. —

Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 14 Nov. 2024 The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have homed in on slivered onions served on the hamburgers as the likely source of the contamination. —

Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home in on