hammer home
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To repeatedly or continually emphasize (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.
Example Sentences
- "Our instructor would hammer home the point that safety was most important."
- "What would Fred Flintstone say if we insisted on spelling his name Phred Phlintstone! Just to hammer the point home, IUPAC only accepts alternative spellings for two elements, and neither of them is sulfur: 'aluminum' and 'cesium' are fair game, although Nature Chemistry uses aluminium and caesium."
- "In other situations, you might know someone who adds colour with personal anecdotes and feelings. You could shoot off a similar response – perhaps including a short story of your own to hammer home your point."
- "Seeing that it was withdrawn in perfectly good working order hammers it home: these trains are on borrowed time."