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hit (or strike) home1(Of a blow or a missile) reach an intended target.However, headguards, whilst absorbing energy from punches, present an even larger target to be hit and thus the number of blows striking home may well increase....- The move spelt his doom, for the blow struck home, driving the warrior, shield and all, into the side of the bridge.
- The person staggered briefly as her blow struck home.
1.1(Of words) have the intended, especially unsettling or painful, effect on their audience: she could see that her remark had hit home...- Okay, so he was drunk and exaggerating (and was fairly remorseful about it the next day), but his words hit home.
- She seemed to not understand what he had said, then the words struck home.
- He spoke slowly, as if trying to make the words hit home.
1.2(Of the significance or true nature of a situation) become fully realized by someone: the full impact of life as a celebrity began to hit home...- This is the kind of subject matter that will strike home painfully for many men and women in today's work force.
- Much the same has applied to Scotland since, in the 1990s, the highly-damaging effect of the industrial trouble in schools in the 1980s hit home.
- The cool night air was clearing his head and the enormity of his problem was beginning to hit home.
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