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hammer something home

Fig. to try extremely hard to make someone understand or realize something. The boss hopes to hammer the firm's poor financial position home to the staff. I tried to hammer home to Anne the fact that she would have to get a job.

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hammer home something

also hammer something home

to keep repeating an idea or opinion so it is understood Politicians seem to think voters won't understand even a simple message unless it is hammered home in speech after speech.

Related vocabulary: bring something home (to somebody)

Etymology: based on the meaning of hammer home a nail (to hit a nail deep into the wood)

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