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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drive home

“They may be more confident in theory than they are in practice,” so identifying a specific amount they’d lose can drive home the price of too much risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

In essence, Nolan chose a superstar cast to drive home the interpretation of Homer’s saga as a legend about fame.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

We timed the start of our drive home to coincide with the first nap of the day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The near three-hour drive home that day was "like a blur, very painful".

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

She even let us stay in one of the apartments so we wouldn’t have to drive home.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya