- bring home
- verb1. make understandable and clear (Freq. 3)-
This brings home my point
• Hypernyms: ↑show, ↑demo, ↑exhibit, ↑present, ↑demonstrate• Verb Frames:-Something ——s something
2. earn as a salary or wage-How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?
• Syn: ↑take home• Hypernyms:• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
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phrasalof a jockey : to ride (a horse) to victory* * *
bring home1. To prove2. To impress, convince• • •Main Entry: ↑bring* * *
bring (something) home: to make (something) very clear and obvious in usually a forceful or unpleasant way— usually + toThe importance of regular exercise was brought home to him when his best friend developed heart problems.
• • •Main Entry: ↑home
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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bring home — If you bring something home, you explain it or make it very clear … The small dictionary of idiomes
bring home to — ► bring home to make aware of the significance of. Main Entry: ↑home … English terms dictionary
bring home to — 1. To prove to, in such a way that there is no way of escaping the conclusion 2. To impress upon • • • Main Entry: ↑home … Useful english dictionary
bring home — v. (D; tr.) ( to make known ) to bring home to (the bombing brought the war home to the civilian population) * * * (D; tr.) ( to make known ) to bring home to (the bombing brought the war home to the civilian population) … Combinatory dictionary
bring home — {v.} To show clearly; emphasize; make (someone) realize; demonstrate. * /The accident caused a death in his family, and it brought home to him the evil of drinking while driving./ * /A parent or teacher should bring home to children the value and … Dictionary of American idioms
bring home — {v.} To show clearly; emphasize; make (someone) realize; demonstrate. * /The accident caused a death in his family, and it brought home to him the evil of drinking while driving./ * /A parent or teacher should bring home to children the value and … Dictionary of American idioms
bring home — verb a) To earn (money) I bring home 10000 dollars a month. b) To make clearer or better understood This brought home the inadequacies of NIH policy regarding informed consent, as well as its continued reliance on the ethical judgment of its… … Wiktionary
bring\ home — v To show clearly; emphasize; make (someone) realize; demonstrate. The accident caused a death in his family, and it brought home to him the evil of drinking while driving. A parent or teacher should bring home to children the value and pleasure… … Словарь американских идиом
bring home to — bring (something) home to (someone) to make someone understand something much more clearly than they did before, especially something unpleasant. These photographs finally brought home to us the terrible realities of war. It took an international … New idioms dictionary
bring home to — bring (something) home (to (someone)) to make something more clearly understood. Her visit to the war memorial brought home to her the suffering the war had caused. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related … New idioms dictionary
