home in on

Move toward or focus on a goal, as in He began with a couple of jokes before homing in on the main subject of his talk. This expression originally alluded to a vessel, aircraft or missile being guided to its target by a radio beam or some other means. [c. 1920]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Archembald	-	Ancient Germanic
Afua	-	Western African, Akan
Geoffrey	JEF-ree (English), zhaw-FRE (French)	English, French
Beatrix	BE-ah-triks (German), BAY-ah-triks (Dutch), BEE-ə-triks (English)	German, Hungarian, Dutch, English (Rare), Late Roman
Barrie	['bæri]
Balakrishna	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada