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home free

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*home free

safe and without problems. (Not necessarily about home or about money. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) Everyone else had a lot of trouble with the bureaucrats, but we got home free.

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home free

sure of success because you have finished the most difficult part Once you get past the essay questions on the test, you're home free.

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home free

In a secure or comfortable position, especially because of being certain to succeed. For example, Once I meet the schedule I'll be home free, or I think we have enough support for this measure-we're home free. This expression probably alludes to safely reaching baseball's home plate, meaning one has scored a run. [Mid-1900s]

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home free

Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.

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