to drive home a point

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• drive home — v. 1) (B) to drive home a point home to smb. 2) (L) he could not drive home to her that we cannot afford a new car 3) (Q) we must drive home to him where the difficulties lie * * * (B) to drive home a point home to smb. (L) he could not drive… …   Combinatory dictionary

• drive home — verb 1. carry out or perform deliver an attack , deliver a blow The boxer drove home a solid left • Syn: ↑deliver • Hypernyms: ↑give • Hyponyms: ↑land …   Useful english dictionary

• drive home — {v. phr.} To argue convincingly; make a strong point. * /The doctor s convincing arguments and explanation of his X ray pictures drove home the point to Max that he needed surgery./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• drive home — {v. phr.} To argue convincingly; make a strong point. * /The doctor s convincing arguments and explanation of his X ray pictures drove home the point to Max that he needed surgery./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• drive\ home — v. phr. To argue convincingly; make a strong point. The doctor s convincing arguments and explanation of his X ray pictures drove home the point to Max that he needed surgery …   Словарь американских идиом

• drive home — verb a) To push to or into a target. He grunted as he drove each nail home. b) To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration. Karli shook himself, drove home the last nail with a flat stone, straightened up …   Wiktionary

• drive — 1 /draIv/ verb past tense drove, past participle driven / drIvFn/ 1 OPERATE A VEHICLE (I, T) to sit in a car, bus etc and make it travel from one place to another: Do you drive? | She drove the pick up and got our supplies. 2 TRAVEL SOMEWHERE (I …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• home — n 1. abode, domicile, domicil, dwelling, dwelling place, dwelling home, residence, residency, habitation, inhabitancy, Scot, and North Eng. bigging, Scot. howff; lodging, lodgings, lodging place, lodgement or lodgment, nest, roost, perch;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• home — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or household. b a dwelling house. 2 the members of a family collectively; one s family background (comes from a good home). 3 the native land of a person or of …   Useful english dictionary

• point — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 thing said as part of a discussion ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, interesting, valid ▪ important ▪ minor ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• drive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. propel, impel; urge forward, pursue; steer, control; conduct, carry out; ram, hammer, thrust; urge, force, compel, coerce. See compulsion, travel, propulsion, energy, haste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …   English dictionary for students