hammered home
Made absolutely clear
To hammer something home is to emphasize it forcefully and repeatedly until it's fully understood or accepted.
The image is of driving a nail completely into wood—you keep striking until it's flush.
The coach hammered home the importance of fundamentals.
After the third example, the point was finally hammered home.
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- convinceCause to believe
- clarifyMake something understandable
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
nail · nailed down · ingrain · embed · drilled into · drive · repeat · drummed · beaten into · imprint · reiterate · inculcate · persuade · got across · made clear · drill · instill · assert
hammered homewhispered
Spoke without full voice
glossed over · understated · downplayed · soft-pedaled · mumbled
hammered homeimplied
Suggested without stating
insinuated · intimated · danced around · couched · skirted
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