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drive home
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | drive home - carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"delivergive - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"land - deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head" | | 2. | drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"press home, ram homeaccent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
Translationsdrive home
drive home1. verb To return home by driving. When do you plan to drive home from the party?2. verb To drive someone to their home. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "home." Can any of you guys drive me home after the student council meeting? I'll drive her home, don't worry, Mrs. Smith. Sorry I'm late, I had to drive home the whole team.3. verb To emphasize something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "home." The nightly news always drives home the presence of danger in our city and makes my anxiety worse.4. noun The ride to one's home. In this usage, it is a set phrase. You can sleep on the drive home—it'll take five hours, after all. The traffic jam made my drive home twice as long as normal.See also: drive, homedrive something home (to someone) Fig. to emphasize an important point about something (to someone). The teacher repeated the point three times just to drive it home. I hope this really drives the importance of safety home to you. The accident drove home the importance of wearing seatbelts to everyone concerned.See also: drive, homedrive homeMake clearly understood, make a point, as in The network news programs drive home the fact that violence is part of urban life. This expression uses the verb drive in the sense of "force by a blow or thrust" (as in driving a nail). Samuel Hieron used it in Works (1607): "That I may ... drive home the nail of this exhortation even to the head." See also: drive, homedrive something home make something clearly and fully understood by the use of repeated or forcefully direct arguments. The verbs hammer , press , and ram are also used in place of drive .See also: drive, home, somethingdrive/hammer something ˈhome (to somebody) make sure that somebody understands something completely, for example by repeating it often: The instructor tried to drive home to us the need for safety precautions before diving. ♢ Police used statistics to hammer home their warning about car theft.See also: drive, hammer, home, somethingEncyclopediaSeehomedrive home
Related to drive home: home stretch, ponder on, driveabilitySynonyms for drive homeverb carry out or performSynonymsRelated Wordsverb make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of somethingSynonymsRelated Words- accent
- accentuate
- emphasize
- stress
- punctuate
- emphasise
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