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

On the drive home, Scanlon, 33, had a light bulb moment: “What I love doing is something most people find totally overwhelming and exhausting,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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

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