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romp home

idiom
Meaning

To win easily, especially in a race.


Examples
SIMPLE

The fast runner will romp home in this race.

CONTEXTUAL

With such a strong lead, the team is expected to romp home in the final match.

COMPLEX

Despite the difficult conditions, the favorite horse managed to romp home, leaving the rest of the field far behind.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bring home

    To earn (money).

  2. 02

    bring home the bacon

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

  3. 03

    broken home

    A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.

  4. 04

    charity begins at home

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

  5. 05

    close to home

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

  6. 06

    come home by weeping cross

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

  7. 07

    come home to roost

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

  8. 08

    eat someone out of house and home

    To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.

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