to hammer home
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- phrasal verb
- /ˈhæmər hoʊm/
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- The teacher always tries to hammer home the importance of studying for exams.
Also, I try to really hammer this home when I'm speaking as Trump.
- Also, I try to really hammer this home when I'm speaking as Trump.
- So we have the purpose of me really hammering home that point with people is to get them to realize that you have many identities.
- It that was was hammered home in those years.
- So yeah, just to just to hammer home how how damaging to a task can be contact shifting, like you say, it seems trivial, but it I've noticed a huge effect.
Examples
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During the meeting, he hammered home the need for better communication within the team.
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She hammered home her argument by presenting several strong examples.
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And I'm just trying to hammer home the point that these are related.
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And again, I really need to hammer home this man married his cousin, his second cousin.
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The point was hammered home with passion.
Fiction book (2000) -
His speech would use the key terms that rated well with dial testing and repeatedly hammer them home.
Blog text (8) -
The candidates don't discuss issues in depth, but rather they try to stay on their message and hammer home their three main selling points.
Blog text (14) -
It's great advice, and it also hammers home the fact that freelancing is not exactly a slam dunk into your checking account.
Blog text (1) -
One of the first things that is hammered home in mathematical logic courses is that a false premise can produce any answer.
Blog text (22) -
Now, before I conclude, I’d like to read three quotes from Lenin that hammer home many of the points of this talk.
Blog text (23)
Synonyms
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4.0
To make a point very clear by saying it strongly
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5.5
To make someone suddenly understand how serious something is
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6.7
Have a strong effect that makes someone suddenly understand
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4.6
Repeat something many times so a person remembers it
To say something clearly and strongly so people understand it
Make a point strongly so other people understand or accept it
Antonyms
How Strongly
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- US
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3.7
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3.3
∞
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'hammer' (to strike repeatedly) plus 'home' (as in 'drive/bring home' meaning to make clear) yields a metaphorical image of repeatedly driving a point to its target. While learners can partly infer emphasis from the literal constituents, the specific sense 'emphasize strongly/make very clear' relies on a metaphorical use of 'home' and is not fully predictable, so prior exposure helps.
Etymology
The phrase hammer home comes from the literal image of using a hammer to drive a nail home, hitting it again and again until it is firm. So, to 'hammer home' an idea means to repeat or stress it until everyone understands.