| prop.&figur. |
home ground (home ground, home grounds: 1) A sports team's home ground is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams (in AM, use "home field"); 2) [after v] If you say that someone is on their home ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this: They are banned from playing on their home ground because of crowd trouble... • Austria, playing on home ground in Vienna, took a 3-0 lead over Italy. • Although he was on home ground, his campaign had been rocked by adultery allegations. CoCoB Alexander Demidov) |
