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home run

NOUN
  1. a base hit on which the batter scores a run
  2. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
    hit the mark
    the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer
    scored a bull's eye
    the president's speech was a home run
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  • Silencing a stadium is an amazing feeling, but not like hitting a home run in Yankee Stadium. USATODAY.com - Yankees agree: Homers at home special
  • The Marlins claim they won't deal the N.L.'s home run leader, Mike Lowell, but we'll believe it only if he's still wearing teal on August 1.
  • Last season, he focused too much on trying to hit home runs by pulling the ball, and his swing got messed up in the process.
  • Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of Division One and extended their unbeaten home run to 14 games, but made hard work of disposing of plucky Preston.
  • A home run by Mark McLemore in the fifth was the only dent Texas was able to lay on him.
  • Well, if you strike out a bunch of guys and get the vast majority of the remaining outs via groundballs, you're not likely to allow too many home runs.
  • The one unbending rule that bleacherites are required to follow is this: should an opposing player hit a home run into the bleachers, the ball must be thrown back onto the field.
  • when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe
  • Over the last two nights, we've seen Fox contributor Eric Byrnes and ESPN's Kenny Mayne paddle around McCovey Cove in kayaks in search of home run balls at Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby and 78th All-Star Game from San Francisco. Networks take bold steps to offer all-access viewing
  • Along the way, he set league records for most home runs and RBI by a second baseman.
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