Idiom
hit home
Meaning
To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His words finally hit home.”
“The reality of living alone really hit home when I sat down to eat my first dinner in the empty apartment.”
“Although he had ignored the warnings for years, the gravity of his situation finally hit home as he read the final notice from the bank.”
Examples
simple
“His words finally hit home.”
contextual
“The reality of living alone really hit home when I sat down to eat my first dinner in the empty apartment.”
complex
“Although he had ignored the warnings for years, the gravity of his situation finally hit home as he read the final notice from the bank.”
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