bring home

Idioms  

1. Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of “touching someone or something closely.” [Second half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Rice said he also took an additional bag to bring home the trophy, but returned with his suitcase empty.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Petraeus was commander of U.S. forces in Iraq; Geren had to get the permission of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to bring home an active war commander; Gates liked the idea and signed off.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

His double in the sixth — he smacked Robert Garcia’s 84-mph slider into right field to bring home Muncy and Teoscar Hernández — gave the Dodgers a 5-4 lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

That makes China’s shrinking share of the global economy worrying for global businesses, whose investments in China bring home less in dollar terms now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“She bring home too many trophy,” lamented Auntie Lindo that Sunday.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Related Words

• clarify
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• mark
• mirror
• personify
• point up
• portray
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