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

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

"I would've been quite happy to get in my car and drive home, I was absolutely seething," said Carter afterwards.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

He insists the row was not serious enough to dent his "amazing relationship" with Belgium -- throwing in a mildly off-colour joke about circumcision to drive home the point.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

To drive home the Lázárs’ fatuity, Mr. Biedermann coats them in lurid layers of shame and degradation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

I feel the urge to drive home and lock it up somewhere safer before anyone else sees it, or in case it’s stolen.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King