to press home
- phrasal verb
:
insistir
- The coach pressed home the need for teamwork to achieve victory.
Examples
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It was too soon to risk compromising the whole operation to press home an attack against higher odds.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the debate, she pressed home her argument about climate change.
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Then, very gently, I pressed the point home.
Blog text (8) -
The teacher pressed home the importance of studying for the exam.
Synonyms
285
3.9
Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something
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4.0
To make a point very clear by saying it strongly
14
3.7
To make someone understand something clearly
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4.4
To make an idea very clear by repeating it
3
6.7
Have a strong effect that makes someone suddenly understand
To say something clearly and strongly so people understand it
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward combination of 'press' (to push) and 'home' (the Home control or home screen); a learner who knows these senses can infer that it means pushing the Home button to return to the main screen. This is a literal, verb+object composition commonly used for device interfaces and paralleled across languages, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Press home may come from the image of pushing a nail or peg all the way into a piece of wood: you press it until it sits at home. That's why to press home a point means to push an idea hard so people understand it.