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But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist.
1 home in : means go home? or pay attention to sth.
2 with uncertainty. the phrase means the author is surprised when seeing the perfect tamatoes?
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To home in on something means to get closer to a target. The phrase comes from homing pigeons who are able to find their way home from a great distance. The people who first designed guided missiles saw the similarity between the missiles and pigeons and began to use home in on a target when talking about missiles too. Now English speakers can use the phrase for many things, like, for example, tables at a farmer's market.
I guess that he is uncertain that this table is his actual target. What is he looking for?
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to home in on something....to zero in a something...both mean to focus on something
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