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drive home

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Verb1.drive home - carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"
deliver
give - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
land - deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
2.drive home - 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"
press home, ram home
accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
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vt sep nail → einschlagen, einhämmern; argument → einhämmern; she drove home her point that … → sie legte eindringlich und überzeugend dar, dass …; how can I drive it home to him that it’s urgent? → wie kann ich (es) ihm nur klarmachen, dass es dringend ist?


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With a sinking heart he watched Dolokhov's hands and thought, "Now then, make haste and let me have this card and I'll take my cap and drive home to supper with Denisov, Natasha, and Sonya, and will certainly never touch a card again.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
There came three months of mental worry, hard rolling, remorse, and physical pain to drive home the lesson of insufficient experience.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
The drive home restored him somewhat, but he wee still full of his surprise when he rejoined Agatha, his wife, and Erskine in the drawing-room at the Beeches.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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