home grounds
Where teams play
Home grounds are the location where a team regularly plays, offering the advantage of familiar surroundings and supportive crowds: The team has won twelve straight on their home grounds.
The phrase extends to any territory where someone operates with natural advantage: She was on her home grounds, debating policy in her own field.
- turfGrass-covered earth surface
- fansArdent admirers or coolers
- advantagesFavorable factors or conditions
- twelfth manSubstitute waiting to play
- stadiumLarge venue for spectators
supporters · loyal following · arena · pitch · field · homecoming · hometeam · back yard · battleground · hometown · roots · belonging · native soil · playing field · fortress · comfort zone · sportsground · game day
home groundsenemy territory
Area controlled by opponents
home groundsenemy territory
Area controlled by opponents
abroad · overseas · foreign land · uncharted territory · no man's land
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