0 a point scored in baseball by hitting the ball so far that you have time to run all the way around the four corners of the playing field before it is returned --
1 (in baseball) a play in which a player hits the ball and scores, usually by hitting the ball a long way so that it comes down beyond the playing area: --
fig. The movie didn’t just make money, it hit a home run (= was extremely successful).
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.