HAMMER HOME meaning: Emphasize point repeatedly for clarity - OneLook

Usually means: Emphasize point repeatedly for clarity.

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hammer home)

▸ verb: (idiomatic) To repeatedly or continually emphasise (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.

Similar:

hyperemphasize, lay it on thick, belabour, beat a dead horse, overvoice, overharden, ring off the hook, overamplify, overenunciate, overemphasize, more...

Opposite:

understate, play down, downplay, minimize

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Similar:

hyperemphasize, lay it on thick, belabour, beat a dead horse, overvoice, overharden, ring off the hook, overamplify, overenunciate, overemphasize, more...

Opposite:

understate, play down, downplay, minimize

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