home run
/hoʊmˈrʌn/ n [C] (also homer /ˈhoʊ·mər/)Definition
› (in baseball) a play in which a player hits the ball and scores, usually by hitting the ball a long way so that it comes down beyond the playing area: fig. The movie didn’t just make money, it hit a home run (= was extremely successful).
(Definition of home run n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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