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Definition of Press home
1. Verb. Make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something. "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"
Generic synonyms: Accent, Accentuate, Emphasise, Emphasize, Punctuate, Stress
Definition of Press home
1. Verb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Press Home
Literary usage of Press home
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... humbling consideration which he will not provided we observe them struggling
with , fail to press home on himself, lo reflect, that It be obstructed by ..."
2. A Discourse Pronounced at the Request of the Essex Historical Society on the by Joseph Story (1828)
"Above all, we are thus enabled to extract from remote events that instruction,
which the vicissitudes of human life should press home to our own business ..."
3. The American Catalogue ... July 1, 1876-Dec. 31, 1910 by Lynds Eugene Jones, Richard Rogers Bowker, Augusta Isabella Appleton (1908)
"Pacific Press. Home beyond. Fallows, _S: $1.50. Donohue. Home book of modern
medicine. ... Pilgrim Press. Home cook book: coll. of practical receipts. ..."
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