drive home

Idioms  

1. Make clearly understood, make a point, as in The network news programs drive home the fact that violence is part of urban life. This expression uses the verb drive in the sense of “force by a blow or thrust” (as in driving a nail). Samuel Hieron used it in Works (1607): “That I may ... drive home the nail of this exhortation even to the head.”

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Example Sentences

That’s driven home sales down and pushed the average age of a first-time home buyer to an all-time high of 40.

From MarketWatch

“I just don’t think rates are as important as jobs and confidence” for driving home sales, said Margaret Whelan, chief executive of Whelan Advisory, a boutique investment bank for the housing industry.

From The Wall Street Journal

Deploying a Spanish ship to the High North drives home that point, he said, because Madrid’s fleet usually operates farther south.

From The Wall Street Journal

She took an Uber to the dinner but was driven home by family, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

But in her life’s backstage—while driving home from the university or nursing a child—she couldn’t stop crying.

From The Wall Street Journal