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Verb: drive home
  1. Carry out or perform
    "The boxer drove home a solid left";
    - deliver
     
  2. Make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
    "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"; "drive home a point or an argument";
    - ram home, press home

Derived forms: drives home, driving home, drove home, driven home

Type of: accent, accentuate, emphasise [Brit], emphasize, give, punctuate, stress

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