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hammering home

hammering home is the present participle and gerund 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 hammering home

What is hammering home the present participle and gerund of?
Hammering home is the present participle and gerund of hammer home.

Words near hammering home in the dictionary

  1. hammerheaded
  2. hammerheads
  3. hammerin'
  4. hammering
  5. hammering away
  6. hammering home
  7. hammering out
  8. hammering up
  9. hammeringly
  10. hammerings
  11. hammerkop

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