drive home

/draɪv hoʊm/
/draɪv həʊm/
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Other forms: drove home; driven home; driving home; drives home

Definitions of drive home
  1. verb
    carry out or perform
    “The boxer drove home a solid left”
    synonyms: deliver
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    types:
    land
    deliver (a blow)
    type of:
    give
    cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
  2. verb
    make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
    “drive home a point or an argument”
    “I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas”
    synonyms: press home, ram home
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    type of:
    accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress
    stress; single out as important
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