drive home

Speech parts

1. drive home - Verb

2. drive home - Phrase

Meaning

carry out or perform

make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ram home deliver press home drudge work continue dramatize stress repeat emphasize reinforce persist endeavor impress grind
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Antonyms

stop destroy quit relax abandon give up
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Hypernyms

give stress emphasize accent accentuate punctuate

Hyponyms

land

Examples

The show doesn't drive home a lesson, but it can open up people's minds enough for them to see how stupid every kind of prejudice can be. Redd Foxx

I'm gonna walk off wearing the outfit and I'm going to drive home in it. Lucy Lawless

I want to drive home the message that we have to go beyond Copenhagen, beyond drawing room politics and sensitise ourselves, and try and make a change on an individual level. Manav Gupta

Goodbye. Game over. Drive home safely. Dan Patrick

I live right under the Hollywood sign, so that every day when I drive home I'm reminded of why I'm here. Alessandro Nivola

If you live in a good neighborhood, you drive home and there's a bank. There's grocery stores and big houses - but no motels. What that tells you psychologically is you protect your money and buy good things for your family to eat in your nice big house. will.i.am

Words in the phrase

drive home

Close letter words and terms

drive forwards drive hazardously close to a vehicle drive her home drive housing drive in drive insane