home in on



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]
See also: home, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nithya-Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
MartheMAHRT (French)French, Norwegian
JohnathanJAHN-ə-thənEnglish
Epiktetos-Ancient Greek
Hamilton['hæmiltən]
Herleva-Ancient Germanic