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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Stanton hit 27 home runs in the regular season and added seven more in the postseason.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Last year Soto, 26, hit 41 home runs, scored 128 runs, and drove in 109 runs, in 713 plate appearances.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In eight seasons with the Royals from 2011 to 2018, Moustakas hit 139 home runs with 184 doubles and 441 RBIs in 934 games.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
Anthony Murphy, Joshua Sur and Billy Carlson hit home runs.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Last year Soto, 26, hit 41 home runs, scored 128 runs, and drove in 109 runs, in 713 plate appearances.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In eight seasons with the Royals from 2011 to 2018, Moustakas hit 139 home runs with 184 doubles and 441 RBIs in 934 games.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
Anthony Murphy, Joshua Sur and Billy Carlson hit home runs.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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