bring home to

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When the Constitutional Convention concluded on Sept. 17, 1787, its president, George Washington, bought a four-volume edition of “Don Quixote” from a Philadelphia bookseller to bring home to Mount Vernon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

But tripping through the cosmos with her long-deceased father did bring home to her that “you have all these connections. You have all this love. ... You don’t have to hurt yourself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2023

And an analysis of video feeds showed that what the military might have seen was Ahmadi and a colleague loading canisters of water into his trunk to bring home to his family.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021

And an analysis of video feeds showed that what the military may have seen was Mr. Ahmadi and a colleague loading canisters of water into his trunk to bring home to his family.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021

He’s not the kind of guy I can bring home to Dad and call my boyfriend.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King