"home game" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-home game.ogg Forms: home games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} home game (plural home games)
  1. (idiomatic, sports) An athletic contest played in a team's own geographic area. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: homegame Related terms: away game, home team, road game Translations (athletic contest played on a team's own turf): kotiottelu (Finnish), kotipeli (Finnish), Heimspiel [masculine] (German), hjemmekamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), heimekamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), heimekamp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hemmamatch [common-gender] (Swedish)

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