strike home

VERB

hit where it hurts

Synonyms

WEAK

hit where one lives touch a nerve ending touch a sore spot

Example Sentences

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He needs it more than he lets on, and slowly, O’Sullivan’s script reveals that the particularities of “Romeo and Juliet” strike home for Dan in a way he never anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2024

Rarely does a question from an audience member strike home.

From Salon • May 15, 2023

Cardinals right fielder Lars Nootbar saved a run in the eighth as he caught a line drive and fired a strike home to double up pinch-runner Stuart Fairchild to end the inning.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

“The issues of race and racism probably strike home to me a little more, sometimes even daily, than others here,” she said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2020

Beasley had fired his shot in the firm conviction it would strike home unfailingly.

From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Cullum, Ridgwell