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bring home

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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

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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