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home team

idiom
Meaning

The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.


Examples
SIMPLE

The home team won the game tonight.

CONTEXTUAL

The stadium was full of fans cheering loudly for the home team during the championship match.

COMPLEX

Despite the immense pressure from the visiting supporters, the home team maintained their composure and secured a narrow victory in the final minutes.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bat for the other team

    To be homosexual.

  2. 02

    bring home

    To earn (money).

  3. 03

    bring home the bacon

    To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.

  4. 04

    broken home

    A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.

  5. 05

    charity begins at home

    One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.

  6. 06

    close to home

    Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.

  7. 07

    come home by weeping cross

    To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.

  8. 08

    come home to roost

    To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

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