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home and dry

home and dry adjective: having safely reached one's target or goal.

Adjective

home and dry (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively) Having safely reached one's target or goal.
  2. (figuratively) Assured of success.

Synonyms of home and dry

Questions about home and dry

What does home and dry mean?
Home and dry means having safely reached one's target or goal.
What part of speech is home and dry?
Home and dry is an adjective.

Words near home and dry in the dictionary

  1. homburgs
  2. home
  3. home advantage
  4. home advantages
  5. home and away
  6. home and dry
  7. home and hosed
  8. home appliance
  9. home appliances
  10. Home Army
  11. home automation

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