bring (one) home
bring (one) home
To return one to one's residence. You were supposed to bring Jenny home by 10—her mother and I were worried sick! Please bring me home, I'm not feeling well.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bring home
Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of "touching someone or something closely." [Second half of 1800s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
bring home
To make perfectly clear: a lecture that brought home several important points.
See also: bring, home
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- bring home
- make
- make (one)
- bring in
- bring in some place
- bring (one) to justice
- bring somebody to justice
- bring to justice
- bring it on!
- bring (one) up on charges