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hit a home run en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To hit a ball during an at-bat that results in all runners on base and the hitter scoring runs; the best result of an at-bat.
    • He was the first pinch hitter to hit a home run on the first pitch of his career. 2016, Jonathan Fraser Light, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed., McFarland, →ISBN, page 437:
  2. (broadly, figuratively, informal) To achieve the best possible result.
    • I wanted to get up to the plate and take the chance of hitting a home run. Even if I didn't hit a home run, I would be working with the man I respected and loved more than any businessman I had ever known. 2010, Steven K. Scott, Mentored by a Millionaire: Master Strategies of Super Achievers, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
  3. (euphemistic, figuratively, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hits a home run Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hit a home run Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit a home run Tense=Past lexicographic
hitting a home run Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Coordinates

get to first base · get to second base · get to third base