bring home

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]

Example Sentences

Goren is one of the many hostage family members who are eager to see a deal that will bring home the remains of their loved ones for burial.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has faced resistance to ending the war from far-right members of his coalition government, welcomed the deal to bring home Israeli hostages, which his government is expected to approve.

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On that occasion, they brought home two gold medals, three silvers and five bronze from Budapest.

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The announcement of the forthcoming recognition had "dramatically complicated efforts to bring home our loved ones", they wrote.

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If that does not happen, Swinney will argue that the UK government failed to bring home a deal that he set up.

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• mark 
• mirror 
• personify 
• point up 
• portray 
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