hit home

hit home
verb
refer to or be relevant or familiar to
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I hope this message hits home!

• Hypernyms: ↑affect, ↑impress, ↑move, ↑strike
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

 (for: ↑strike a chord)

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HAVE THE INTENDED EFFECT, strike home, hit the mark, register, be understood, get through, sink in.
→ hit

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if something that you say hits or strikes home, people understand it and accept it

The President struck home with his call for responsible saving.

Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone's emotions or attitudessynonym
Main entry: home

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I
see home
II hit (or strike) home
(of a blow or a missile) reach an intended target
■ (of words) have the intended, esp. unsettling or painful, effect on their audience

she could see that her remark had hit home

■ (of the significance or true nature of a situation) become fully realized by someone

the full impact of life as a celebrity began to hit home

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hit home — see ↑home, 2
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Main Entry: ↑hit

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hit/strike ˈhome idiom
if a remark, etc. hits/strikes home, it has a strong effect on sb, in a way that makes them realize what the true facts of a situation are

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Her face went pale as his words hit home.

Main entry: ↑homeidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • hit home — {v. phr.} To go directly to the mark; strike a vulnerable spot. * /His remark hit home when he referred to those who do not contribute sufficiently to the college fund drive./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hit home — {v. phr.} To go directly to the mark; strike a vulnerable spot. * /His remark hit home when he referred to those who do not contribute sufficiently to the college fund drive./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hit home — hit/strike home 1. if something that someone says hits home, it has a strong effect on you because it forces you to understand something unpleasant. I could see that the criticism was beginning to hit home. 2. if an action or a situation hits… …   New idioms dictionary

  • hit home — If something hits home, it is understood completely and has a strong effect as people accept it even though it is negative …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • hit home — the documentary on teen suicide painfully hit home Syn: have the intended effect, strike home, hit the mark, register, be understood, get through, sink in …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • hit home — to be understood completely and have a strong effect. The president s message seemed to hit home with most people who watched him on TV. Related vocabulary: come home to someone …   New idioms dictionary

  • hit home — verb To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated. Do you think the message really hit home with him? …   Wiktionary

  • hit\ home — v. phr. To go directly to the mark; strike a vulnerable spot. His remark hit home when he referred to those who do not contribute sufficiently to the college fund drive …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hit home — become very meaningful, affect you personally, touch you    When they see hungry Canadian children on TV, the message about poverty will hit home …   English idioms

  • hit home. — See hit. → home …   Useful english dictionary

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