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Meanings of drive home in English

Portuguese
dar

Carry out or perform.

dar

Make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something.

To repeatedly or continually emphasise (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.

Synonyms
Examples for "hammer home"
Examples for "hammer home"
1
A new solitary writing technique helped hammer home the new Nails sound.
The Guardian
2
Macron is expected to hammer home that message at the summit.
Reuters
3
All capped off with Christophe Beck's score to really hammer home the hurt.
News.com.au
4
And we try and hammer home some political messages - about aid, the environment.
The Guardian
5
This latest example Down Under should hammer home the message.
Reuters
Usage of drive home in English
1
He said on the seven minute drive home something happened between them.
Radio NZ
2
But that wouldn't drive home the point the way this plan would.
By reason of insanity
3
That is the point we hope these 32 films will drive home.
Ebony
4
Trump supporters at the town hall sought to drive home that point.
The Guardian
5
This was the excuse they needed to drive home that final thrust.
Happiness key
6
Those living near the port will drive home, the cruise line said.
Reuters
7
Twenty-four hours ago I was in Richmond, getting ready to drive home.
Seven up
8
She had a lot of time to think during the drive home.
Something about You
9
On the drive home, even Kathy was shocked by what she'd said.
Zeitoun
10
At the beginning of this unremarkable day, I will first drive home.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
11
The drive home was not the least enjoyable part of the day.
Elsie at Nantucket
12
My father spent the drive home re-creating my actions in his absence.
Funny in Farsi
13
Therewith he entered the carriage and ordered the coachman to drive home.
Sant' Ilario
14
He did not seem to mind the trip or the drive home.
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
15
Babbitt did not drive home, but toward the center of the city.
Babbitt
16
Sayoko wasn't much of a drinker, and Junpei had to drive home.
After the quake: stories
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Translations for drive home
Portuguese
dar
Drive home through the time
Drive home across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common