"hone in" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "By confusion between hone and home.",
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      "form": "hones in",
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      "form": "honing in",
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    "hone‧in"
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "home in"
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          "ref": "2016 April 18, Harry McGee, “All you need to know about tight race for those Seanad seats”, in The Irish Times",
          "text": "More than half of those are completely ignored by de Róiste. He hones in on only 400 of those, scattered around the country.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 15, “Sometimes solecisms can reveal linguistic ingenuity”, in The Economist, →ISSN",
          "text": "On June 12th The Economist’s pages featured an activist investor “honing in on the dearth of energy experience” on a company’s board. A few readers honed in on a solecism: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway facts: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61",
          "text": "The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.",
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        "(proscribed) Alternative form of home in."
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    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊn ɪn/",
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      "ipa": "/həʊn ɪn/",
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  "word": "hone in"
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        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway facts: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61",
          "text": "The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.",
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