home
- adverb
- /hoʊm/
- The effectiveness of their new communication skills was brought home by their videotape.
- drive home the point
- bring home the message
- hammer home the point
And nothing drives that point home more than this photo for me.
- And nothing drives that point home more than this photo for me.
- So it, it really kind of brought all my science home to me.
- That's what Acetax been trying to drive home, and then LEDs.
- And so Joe, I, I, I don't pound that home because I think both quite a bit.
Examples
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The troubling nature of this subject is brought home by concrete examples of terrorist recruitment.
Academic text (2017) -
Only to drive home the reality of her visions.
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Share your problems, but don't bring your work home and let it overwhelm the rest of your life.
Academic text (1991) -
Conferences have a way of bolstering your enthusiasm, sending you home zealous about submitting that manuscript you started long ago.
Academic text (2011) -
The documentary really brought home the struggles that many families face during the pandemic.
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She emphasized the need for savings, driving home the idea that financial security is essential.
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His speech brought the issue home to the audience, making them realize its real-world implications.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Leave a game or group angrily because you did not get your way
- Informal
To leave a group or activity because you do not get your way
- Informal
To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left
- Offensive
Looking awake but not paying attention or thinking clearly
Compounds
A place where older people live and receive help with daily tasks and medical care
A place where people prepare a dead body for burial or cremation and say goodbye
- Texting
The main page of a website that appears when you open the site or your browser
- Jargon
A flat rubber base with five sides that a batter stands over and runners touch to score
- Specialized
Care and help with medical and personal needs in a person's home for elderly or disabled people
- Offensive
A person who has a romantic relationship with someone married or in a relationship, causing it to end
- US
A set of speakers and a big screen at home for watching movies like in a cinema
- Specialized
A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses
- Literature
A senior government minister who leads the Home Office and handles security, law and immigration
- UK
A UK government department that handles immigration, security and police matters
- Formal
The right of a city or county to run its own local matters without central government control
- Formal
An official order telling people to remain at home to slow the spread of a disease
A school subject about running a home, like cooking, sewing, and managing money
A place where a person, group, or animal feels most comfortable, often a team's regular field
A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision
- Specialized
A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans
- Archaic
A hospital for people who cannot look after themselves because of mental illness
A US company backed by the government that buys home loans to help banks lend more
- Archaic
A festival at the end of the farming year when people gather to celebrate crops
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Home When we say something 'hits home', think of heim as the central place that matters; the idea reaches the main point and 'touches' you deeply. That is why 'hit home' means to make someone feel or understand something clearly.