Meaning & use
going yard in baseball
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Meaning
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Hitting a home run in baseball.
Grammar: 'Go yard' is an intransitive slang expression; it is common in sports talk and headlines, not in formal writing.
Patterns
- go yard
- be going yard
- go yard against someone
The crowd stood up when the slugger went yard in the eighth inning.
He's been going yard in almost every game this month.
She went yard twice in the same game, which is rare for a rookie.
Common combinations
- go yard in the first inning
- The leadoff hitter went yard in the first inning.
- go yard off a pitcher
- He went yard off the team's best pitcher.
- go yard to left field
- The ball went yard to left field for a two-run homer.
- go yard twice
- She went yard twice and drove in four runs.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hit a home run
- This is the standard, neutral way to say it and works in any context.
- go deep
- 'Go deep' is another informal baseball term for hitting a home run; it is slightly less common than 'go yard'.
- homer
- 'Homer' as a verb is informal and mostly used in headlines and broadcasts.
Opposites
Word family
- yard noun
- in this slang phrase, another word for the baseball field
Commonly confused: going yard in baseball or going yard?
going yard in baseball vs going yard
Outside baseball, 'yard' means the ground around a house, so 'going yard' elsewhere simply means going into the yard.
Practice
What does 'going yard' mean in baseball?
Choose one answer.
'Going yard' is baseball slang for hitting a home run. Running the bases is part of any hit, walking to the field is just entering play, and throwing to the outfield is a defensive play.
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