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hammer home

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? hammer home
vt sep
nailfest hineinschlagen
argument, point etcNachdruck verleihen (+dat), → untermauern; he tried to hammer it home to the pupils that …er versuchte, den Schülern einzubläuen or einzuhämmern, dass…


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In order to hammer home the importance and growing popularity of alternative design and energy efficiency, Cambrian brought back a Sudbury native to speak on the subject.
And he had other witnesses use charts and graphs to hammer home the point.
Instead, the filmmakers are content to emphasize flimsy fairy-tale themes, making sure to hammer home every plot point so the target audience of teen girls (and their moms) won't be offended or confused.
 
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