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home in

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Verb1.home in - direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids
range in, zero in
target, direct, aim, place, point - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
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? home in
vi (missiles) → sich ausrichten (→ on sth auf etw acc); the missile will home in → das Geschoss findet sein Ziel; to home in on a target → ein Ziel finden or selbstständig ansteuern; he immediately homed in on the essential point → er hat sofort den wichtigsten Punkt herausgegriffen


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