hit a home run

English

Verb

hit a home run (third-person singular simple present hits a home run, present participle hitting a home run, simple past and past participle hit a home run)

1. (baseball) 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.
   • 2016, Jonathan Fraser Light, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed., McFarland, →ISBN, page 437:

     He was the first pinch hitter to hit a home run on the first pitch of his career.

2. (figuratively) To achieve the best possible result.
   • 2010, Steven K. Scott, Mentored by a Millionaire: Master Strategies of Super Achievers, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     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.

3. (colloquial) To engage in genital intercourse.

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Coordinate terms

• (to engage in genital intercourse): get to first base, get to second base, get to third base