home free

home free

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.

*home free

safe and without problems. (Not necessarily about home or about money. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) Everyone else had a lot of trouble with the bureaucrats, but we got home free.
See also: free, home
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

home free

In a secure or comfortable position, especially because of being certain to succeed. For example, Once I meet the schedule I'll be home free, or I think we have enough support for this measure-we're home free. This expression probably alludes to safely reaching baseball's home plate, meaning one has scored a run. [Mid-1900s]
See also: free, home
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

home free

successful in achieving your objective. North American
See also: free, home
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

home free

Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.
See also: free, home
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • home free, to be
  • be home free
  • want no part in/of (something)
  • take (one's) part
  • take part
  • take somebody's part
  • take someone's part
  • in good part
  • in part
  • for the most part
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Burning the mortgage deed in celebration of owning your home free and clear, once a ritual for most older Americans on their way to retirement, has become less common.
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The staff deployed in stalls set up outside cantt office will supply 6 saplings to every home free of cost.
Chaklala Cantt residents to be provided 6 saplings per home free of cost