"romp home" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-romp home.ogg Forms: romps home [present, singular, third-person], romping home [participle, present], romped home [participle, past], romped home [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} romp home (third-person singular simple present romps home, present participle romping home, simple past and past participle romped home)
  1. (idiomatic) To win easily, especially in a race. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-romp_home-en-verb-GOJ-IPtM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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