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I saw this post describing words and idioms used to describe a situation where the losing party is able to turn the losing situation into a winning one.
Also, I came across the phrase "scrambled home" but I was only able to find one and only one definition for such a phrase from the online Macmillan Dictionary. I couldn't find any other online resources/dictionaries that have recorded such entry.
Is the use of "scrambled home" understandable to native speakers or it is outdated/uncommon?
I would certainly understand that if I read it in a report on a sporting event. It is not a particularly common phrase but it is definitely used. I would have to say that the phrase you link to
Being left in front, Morley Street looked a sitting duck approaching the line but scrambled home
does seem odd though as the author has mixed two metaphors, the duck which is easy to shoot because it is not moving and a race which has a finishing line.
