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bring home
bring home
bring
something
home (to
somebody
)
to make something more clearly understood
Her visit to the war memorial brought home to her the suffering the war had caused.
Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant
Related vocabulary:
hammer home
something
See also:
bring
,
home
bring home
Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example,
The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving
. This term uses
home
in the figurative sense of "touching someone or something closely." [Second half of 1800s]
See also:
bring
,
home
bring home
To make perfectly clear:
a lecture that brought home several important points.
See also:
bring
,
home
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Wilfreda
wil-FRED-ə
English (Rare)
Torgny
-
Swedish
Janus
-
Roman Mythology
Aysel
-
Turkish, Azerbaijani
Steele
[sti:l]
Alfher
-
Ancient Germanic
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