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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 somethingplay

  Familiarity information: PRESS HOME used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESS HOME (verb)


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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