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• Verbo frasal usado para indicar que alguém ou algo está se concentrando em algo ou se movendo diretamente em direção a um objetivo, alvo ou destino específico.

A phrasal verb used to indicate focusing attention or moving directly toward a target, goal, or objective.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. To aim or direct preciselyformal

   To move or direct something exactly toward a target or goal.

   Mirar

   • The missile homed in on its target with great accuracy.
   • The detective homed in on the key suspect after analyzing the evidence.
   • The research team homed in on the cause of the disease.

   Sinônimosaimconvergefocustargetzero in

   Antônimosdriftstraywander

2. To focus attentioninformal

   To concentrate one's attention or efforts on a particular issue or detail.

   Concentrar a atenção

   • The teacher homed in on the student's main weakness.
   • During the debate, she homed in on the most controversial point.
   • The report homes in on the financial problems of the company.

   Sinônimosconcentrate onfocus ontargetzero in

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