home team
The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to their…The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to their opponents, the visiting team.
» The home team won.
Die Heimmannschaft hat gewonnen.
Хозяева победили.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic)The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to their opponents, the visiting team.
The home team really pulled off a surprise in the bottom of the ninth. It made for some really exciting baseball for all these lucky fans out here today.
Heimmannschaft
кома́нда хозяевkománda xozjajev
(figuratively, idiomatic)The ingroup (in whatever context).
Let's have a round of applause for the home team, as these quarterly production numbers are a big win.
Dang, I wish she played for the home team, because I would love to date her. [Said by one straight person to another in reference to a gay person.]
Examples
9 sentencesThe home team won.
ruХозяева победили. — venticello
deDie Heimmannschaft hat gewonnen. — Tamy
If our last batter had not hit a home run, team would've lost the game.
The home team always have an advantage over their opponents.
After half-time the home team slowed the pace of the game.
The home team grabbed the equaliser at the beginning of the second half.
deZu Beginn der zweiten Halbzeit konnte die Heimmannschaft den Ausgleich erzielen. — Zaghawa
Translations
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Forms
plural: home teams| Singular | home team |
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