- ˌhome ˈin on sth
- phrasal verb
to aim at something and move quickly and directly to ita missile homing in on its target[/ex]
Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.
ˌhome ˈin on sth
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home — home1 W1S1 [həum US houm] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place where you live)¦ 2¦(family)¦ 3¦(where you came from/belong)¦ 4¦(your country)¦ 5 be/feel at home 6¦(property)¦ 7¦(for taking care of somebody)¦ 8 make yourself at home 9 make somebody feel at home … Dictionary of contemporary English
home — 1 noun 1 PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE (C, U) the house, apartment, or place where you live: They have a comfortable home on the outskirts of the town. | at home: Her daughter lives at college during the week and at home on the weekends. | work from home… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
home*/*/*/ — [həʊm] noun I 1) [C/U] the place where you live We go to a school close to our home.[/ex] a child in need of a loving home[/ex] Peter isn t at home today.[/ex] I hate being away from home.[/ex] See: house 2) [U] the place where your parents live… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
home improvement — UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular home improvement plural home improvements] work that you do to your house to make it better Thesaurus: painting and decorating and people who decoratehyponym … Useful english dictionary
home — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 where sb lives; where sb/sth comes from ADJECTIVE ▪ family, marital (BrE), matrimonial (BrE), parental (BrE) ▪ It s unusual for young people over 25 to still live in the family home. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
something comes home to roost — sth comes home to ˈroost idiom (also the chickens come home to ˈroost) used to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future Main entry: ↑homeidiom … Useful english dictionary
(the) chickens come home to roost — sth comes home to ˈroost idiom (also the chickens come home to ˈroost) used to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future Main entry: ↑homeidiom … Useful english dictionary
hammer sth home — ► to make certain that something is understood by expressing it clearly and forcefully: »The severity of the slump in the housing market has been hammered home by figures released recently by the banks. hammer home a message/point »It is hoped… … Financial and business terms
bring something home to somebody — bring sth ˈhome to sb idiom to make sb realize how important, difficult or serious sth is • The sight of his pale face brought home to me how ill he really was. • The television pictures brought home to us the full horror of the attack.… … Useful english dictionary
break with sb/sth phrasal — verb (T) 1 to leave a group of people or an organization, especially because you have had a disagreement with them: break with sb/sth over sth: Powell broke with the Conservative Party over Europe. 2 break with tradition/the past to stop… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
