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hammered home

hammered home is the simple past and past participle of hammer home.

Meaning of hammer home

Verb

hammer home (third-person singular simple present hammers home, present participle hammering home, simple past and past participle hammered home)

  1. (idiomatic) To repeatedly or continually emphasize (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.
    • Our instructor would hammer home the point that safety was most important.
    Synonyms:
    drive home

Questions about hammered home

What is hammered home the simple past and past participle of?
Hammered home is the simple past and past participle of hammer home.

Words near hammered home in the dictionary

  1. hammered away
  2. hammered dulcimer
  3. hammered dulcimerist
  4. hammered dulcimerists
  5. hammered dulcimers
  6. hammered home
  7. hammered out
  8. hammered up
  9. hammerer
  10. hammerers
  11. hammerest

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