🗓️ Idiom: Hit A Home Run (n)
💬 Meaning
- To achieve great success with a task, plan, or project
- To do something extremely well, often beyond expectations
🧠 Example Sentences
- Their new app design hit a home run with early users and investors.
- We hit a home run with our pitch—three venture capital firms contacted us the next day.
- The product launch hit a home run, selling out in the first 48 hours.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from baseball. When a player hits a home run, they score by hitting the ball out of the field, which is seen as a major success. In business and everyday language, “hit a home run” means a big win or excellent performance.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
After months of pitching, their new app finally __________ when it went viral overnight.
Answer
hit a home run
2. Choose the correct meaning:
What does it mean if a startup “hits a home run”?
A) They face a major legal challenge
B) They achieve big success
C) They receive minor feedback from investors
Answer
B) They achieve big success
3. Change the sentence using “hit a home run”:
“The startup achieved huge success with their first product launch.”
Answer
The startup hit a home run with their first product launch.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
