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To get closer to a goal. To be guided onto a destination by a landmark or radio or visual beacon. (incorrectly called "hone in") by people who mix up the similar sounding words "hone" and "home".
The missile was designed to home in on the target.

The treasurer is trying to home in on his goal of zero inflation.
home in by Tex01 December 17, 2007
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home in hose 

Adjective: Set for life, established, successful, elated, on cloud nine.

Especially used to describe the emotional or financial state of having overcome a hurdle or having achieved a goal where success was uncertain.

Thought to be derived during WWII when hosiery was scarce and hard to obtain. Despite this origin, the adjective is not only applied to females.
Once you pass the bar exam, you're home in hose.

She married the love of her life and now she's home in hose.
home in hose by Ann Pearl Owen April 4, 2008

home in on 

Focus or direct their attention toward something.
Hi-tech companies are increasingly home in on teenagers as their number one consumer.
home in on by S&H team February 16, 2018

Home In Vegas 

(adj.) said secretly of someone who's H.I.V. positive, usually used as gossip in the medical profession
"Girl, did you know she got a home in Vegas?"
Home In Vegas by Saj Money August 27, 2020

smoke dope, eat soap, go home in a bubble 

a phrase that refers to smoking "dope" or weed, then eating some soap (I think just the normal kind of bath soap, but I'm not sure), and then some how getting back to your house in some kind of bubble thing.

some weird hippy guy told it to me on the street. just in case you were wondering.
guy walking down the street.

stoned hippy pops out of some ally.

guy says "holly molly! you the scared the crap out of me!"

hippy says "when I was your age some person told me some words to live by! hic!"

guy says "I'm not sure I want to know what they are."

hippy says "he said. hic! he told me. hic! ahem! he told me smoke dope, eat soap, go home in a bubble! ha ha haa ha!"

guy says "what the hell are you talking about!"

hippy guy runs back deep into the darkness of the ally.

true story

Be home in a min

When someone says "be home in a min" and it ends up being over an hour later when they get home
Husband "be home in a min"
Wife "heard that before"

..... An hour and a half later, calls husband...

Wife "where are you?"

Husband "oh I'll be home in a min, just finishing my beer"
Be home in a min by Abcddcba April 8, 2015

finish in home base

Hey Neil do you still finish in home base cause your girlfriend is on the pill.
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