"hit one out of the ballpark" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hit one out of the ballpark.ogg Forms: hits one out of the ballpark [present, singular, third-person], hitting one out of the ballpark [participle, present], hit one out of the ballpark [participle, past], hit one out of the ballpark [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> one out of the ballpark}} hit one out of the ballpark (third-person singular simple present hits one out of the ballpark, present participle hitting one out of the ballpark, simple past and past participle hit one out of the ballpark)
  1. (baseball) To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium. Categories (topical): Baseball Synonyms: hit one out of the ball park, knock one out of the ballpark, knock one out of the ball park, hit one out of the park, knock the ball out of the park Related terms: swing for the fences
    Sense id: en-hit_one_out_of_the_ballpark-en-verb-cTKywFXD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To produce a spectacular achievement. Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hit_one_out_of_the_ballpark-en-verb-qcmdVAK-

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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