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

Exhilarated and inspired, she bonds with Kitty, who will remember none of it when she wakes up the next morning at Beth’s, including the song they wrote together on the drive home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

“I can’t even think about my life tonight. The drive home scares me. Coming to campus scares me. Walking from my car terrifies me. I live my life between breaths.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

“Everyone is thinking about ‘what if?’” she said, adding that she briefly considered having to drive home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

I guess the three exclamation points drive home the drivel.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

“I’ll drive home tomorrow morning. I told Mamma.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon