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Definitions

drive home

VERB
drum into
Synonyms
WEAK
din into hammer away harp on instill reiterate
VERB
hammer away/hammer into
Synonyms
WEAK
continue drub into drudge drum into endeavor grind grind into impress upon instruct keep on peg away persevere persist plug away pound away repeat stick to try hard try repeatedly work
VERB
impress
Synonyms
STRONG
establish fix inculcate instill press set stress
WEAK
bring home get into head
Antonyms
STRONG
destroy halt unsettle
WEAK
neglect take apart

Example Sentences

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Surely it would be back by 5:30 p.m., when I needed to drive home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

What’s more fun is how Tipping finds gnarly ways to drive home his critical point, mostly through increasingly absurd interactions between Cameron and Isaiah.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

"The insights really drive home to me the point of how sophisticated these people were," lead author Dr Gino Caspari from the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology and the University of Bern, told BBC News.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Eight weeks ago, on the first day of USC football’s summer workout program, Trumain Carroll hoped to drive home one particular message.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

Russell was grim on the drive home and I was burning with humiliation.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.