home turf

  • 1home turf —  Domestic or local market.  ► “Despite decades of slugging it out in the worldwide film market, neither Kodak nor Fuji has made much headway on other’s home turf.” (Business Week, July 10, 1995, p. 34) …

    American business jargon

  • 2on home turf — ► in your own country, town, area, etc.: »Export figures are good, but the company is losing sales on home turf. Main Entry: ↑turf …

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  • 3turf — UK US /tɜːf/ noun [U] ► an area of activity in which a person or company has a lot of knowledge and experience and which they believe belongs to them: »By launching a line in beauty products they are challenging the bigger company on its own turf …

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  • 4turf — noun 1 grass/lawn ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ soft, springy (esp. BrE) ▪ artificial ▪ home ▪ the team s first success of t …

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  • 5turf — turf1 [tə:f US tə:rf] n plural turfs or turves [tə:vz US tə:rvz] [: Old English;] 1.) [U] especially BrE a surface that consists of soil with grass on top, or an artificial surface that looks like this ▪ soft green turf 2.) BrE …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6turf — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)f[/t]] turfs, turfing, turfed (turves is sometimes used as the plural for meaning 2.) 1) N UNCOUNT: also the N Turf is short, thick, even grass. They shuffled slowly down the turf towards the cliff s edge. 2) N COUNT A turf is a small… …

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  • 7turf — /tɜf / (say terf) noun (plural turfs or turves /tɜvz / (say tervz)) 1. the covering of grass, etc., with its matted roots, forming the surface of grassland. 2. a piece cut or torn from the surface of grassland, with the grass, etc., growing on… …

  • 8Turf Moor — The Turf Der Bob Lord Stand im Turf Moor in Burnley Daten Ort England …

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  • 9home — [adj] domestic at ease, at rest, central, down home*, familiar, family, homely, homey, household, inland, in one’s element*, internal, in the bosom*, local, national, native; concept 536 Ant. business, commercial home [n1] place where a human… …

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  • 10Turf Moor — Infobox Stadium stadium name = Turf Moor nickname = The Turf location = Harry Potts Way, Burnley broke ground = 1883 opened = 1883 closed = Open demolished = N/A owner = Burnley Football Club operator = Burnley Football Club surface = Grass… …

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