home ground


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home ground

n
a familiar area or topic
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Noun1.home ground - the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurshome ground - the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"
environs, surround, surroundings, environment - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
habitation - the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
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home ground

n (fig) to be on home groundessere sul proprio terreno
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He said they would use home ground advantage, especially the Francistown Stadium which was a crowed puller and a favourate for Zebras games.
Despite having to play at the GSP stadium in Nicosia, and not at the Tsirion stadium, their home ground in Limassol, Sofronis Avgoustis' side should prove too strong for Kauno Zalgiris.
One of the options on the card Osero said will be to upgrade Bandari home ground, Mbaraki Sports Club to meet the Caf requirements, a move he said was feasible."Now that it is clear Mombasa Municipal Stadium will not be available, we have an option of upgrading the KPA Mbaraki Sports Club which has been our home ground to meet the Caf requirements to allow our fans to watch the continental matches at our own backyard", Osero who is also KPA's head of corporate affairs, said on Monday.
Anyango, who spoke after a meeting with the county Sports board in Nairobi said Gor Mahia and other teams that used City Stadium as their home ground will start using the pitch for training immediately before the terraces washroom and gym are done.
But what really is most important now for everyone who loves this game so dearly is to make sure to bring back this branded league on to the home ground of Pakistan to not only provide a fresh impetus to the game but also to help induce a lot more interest in the younger generation of this country, hungry to watch the game in flesh.
While in recent years the top seeded sides in the last four were handed home country advantage rather than home ground advantage, that can potentially change this season after a recent EPCR board meeting greenlighted the move.
'I think this series is not going to be easy especially because Pakistan have home ground advantage.
Opened in 1960, the Cairo International Stadium is the historic home ground for Al-Ahly, Zamalek and the national team.
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Born in Sialkot, Pakistan, and raised in Toronto, Mishal Khawaja was discovered on Instagram by the producers Ali Hamza and Zohaib Kazi, who brought her back to her home ground in Punjab for 'Tere Bin Soona'.
Hales used that description on the eve of his brilliant 147 on his home ground, saying that his hold on a top-order spot has become tenuous.
Teams will keep their home grounds of their choice as they were in the last season but newly-promoted Al Shahania might opt to name the Grand Hamad Stadium as their home ground.