home on(to something)

home on(to something)
home on(to something)
Fig. to aim directly at something; to fix some type of receiver on a signal source. •

The navigator homed onto the radio beam from the airport.

The navigator located the beam and homed on.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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