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

She didn’t push, and we drove home to the sound of the wipers wiping away the misty fog that was rolling along the ground.

From Literature

While we were driving home, we discussed using a different CPA next year, but now we’re wondering if we should consider doing that this year instead.

From MarketWatch

He was driving home from Joshua Tree national park with his girlfriend and Tommy’s girlfriend in the car.

From Los Angeles Times

And that drives home “the insurance value that commodities can provide within portfolios,” they say.

From MarketWatch

He said his “coarse” language was necessary to drive home the point.

From Los Angeles Times