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PRESS HOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does press home mean?
• PRESS HOME (verb)
The verb PRESS HOME has 1 sense:
1. make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
Familiarity information: PRESS HOME used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
drive home; press home; ram home
Context example:
I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas
Hypernyms (to "press home" is one way to...):
accent; accentuate; emphasise; emphasize; punctuate; stress (to stress, single out as important)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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