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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Ferrara was part of the Dodgers’ World Series championship teams in 1963 and 1965 and also hit 27 home runs over two-plus seasons with the San Diego Padres from 1969-71.
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Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
Soto blasted a career-high 41 home runs this season to go along with 109 RBIs, fourth and sixth most, respectively, in those two traditional MLB categories.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
In the bottom of the first inning of Game 2 of the National League Division Series, Jurickson Profar reached three rows into the bleachers at Dodger Stadium to rob a home run from Mookie Betts.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The best photos from the 2024 World Series 1 of 63
The vast majority of this year’s viewers will have known that 2024 World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, who set a major league record for most consecutive World Series games with a home run with six, was playing with an ankle injury.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
Soto blasted a career-high 41 home runs this season to go along with 109 RBIs, fourth and sixth most, respectively, in those two traditional MLB categories.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
In the bottom of the first inning of Game 2 of the National League Division Series, Jurickson Profar reached three rows into the bleachers at Dodger Stadium to rob a home run from Mookie Betts.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The best photos from the 2024 World Series 1 of 63
The vast majority of this year’s viewers will have known that 2024 World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, who set a major league record for most consecutive World Series games with a home run with six, was playing with an ankle injury.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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