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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

Harper fired a strike home to Ramos, but the ball appeared to pop out as he tried to tag Mayberry at home on the rapid-fire play.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2013

But there was an after result of that Martini jest which more than made up for the depression that followed its failure to strike home.

From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick