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hits too close to home

hits too close to home is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit too close to home.

Meaning of hit too close to home

Verb

hit too close to home (third-person singular simple present hits too close to home, present participle hitting too close to home, simple past and past participle hit too close to home)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, too, close, to, home.
  2. (idiomatic) To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near.
    • I just barely managed to keep my job during the layoff – it really hit too close to home.
  3. (idiomatic) To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences.
    • As a veteran, the war film I watched yesterday hit too close to home, making me remember many awful things.

Questions about hits too close to home

What is hits too close to home the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hits too close to home is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit too close to home.

Words near hits too close to home in the dictionary

  1. hits the stores
  2. hits the streets
  3. hits the trail
  4. hits the wall
  5. hits them licks
  6. hits too close to home
  7. hits two birds with one shot
  8. hits two targets with one arrow
  9. hits up
  10. hits up against
  11. hits upon

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