hammering home
Reinforcing the message
Hammering home means emphasizing a point forcefully and repeatedly until it sinks in.
The image is of driving a nail completely into wood with repeated blows: The coach kept hammering home the importance of fundamentals.
Often used when someone feels their message isn't getting through: She hammered the point home until everyone understood.
- emphasizingGiving special importance to
- reiteratingStating something anew
- blowMove air forcefully
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- assertingStating something confidently
hitting hard · beating a dead horse · drive · convincing · clarifying · force · insisting · getting through · pounding · drilling down · advocating · arguing · reinforcing · echoing · persuading · restating · drilling · nail
hammering homehinting
Suggesting indirectly
suggesting · whispering · soft-pedaling · understating · downplaying
hammering homeimplying
Suggesting without stating directly
insinuating · dancing around · beating around the bush · skirting · couching
hammering homeimplying
Suggesting without stating directly
reading between the lines · couching · veiling · obscuring · burying the lede
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