be home free

be home free

To be assured of success because the most difficult part is over. Oh, we're home free now—that was the hardest part of the repair. I'm so relieved that the scans are clean. After months of treatment, I'm finally home free!

See also: free, home

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

be home free

mainly AMERICAN, INFORMAL

If someone is home free, they have finished the most difficult part of something and are now certain to achieve victory or success. We said polite words about leaving and I thought I was home free. If Cassie had nothing to do with the crime, she could be home free.

See also: free, home

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

home free, to be

To succeed without difficulty or obstacles, as in, “With this new spreadsheet, my tax problems are over—I’m home free.” The expression comes from children’s games such as “Kick the Can,” where a player must reach “home” (such as a particular tree) without being tagged (“caught”) by another.

See also: home, to

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