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hammers home

hammers home is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hammers home

What is hammers home the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hammers home is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hammer home.

Words near hammers home in the dictionary

  1. hammermilling
  2. hammermills
  3. hammers
  4. hammers and sickles
  5. hammers away
  6. hammers home
  7. hammers out
  8. hammers up
  9. Hammersbach
  10. hammerscale
  11. hammerscales

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