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hammer home

idiom
Meaning

To repeatedly or continually emphasize (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.


Examples
SIMPLE

The teacher hammered home the importance of studying every day.

CONTEXTUAL

During the meeting, the manager hammered home the need for better communication to avoid future mistakes.

COMPLEX

The author hammered home the central theme of moral responsibility, ensuring that no reader could ignore the gravity of the protagonist's final choice.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bring down the hammer

    To treat very harshly.

  2. 02

    bring home

    To earn (money).

  3. 03

    bring home the bacon

    To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.

  4. 04

    bring to the hammer

    To put up for sale by auction.

  5. 05

    broken home

    A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.

  6. 06

    charity begins at home

    One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.

  7. 07

    close to home

    Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.

  8. 08

    come home by weeping cross

    To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.

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