hit home

Verb

Meaning

refer to or be relevant or familiar to

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Synonyms

strike a chord strike home impress sink in make an impression strike a note hit the mark hit a home run be understood be fully understood hit close to home hit one where one lives make a very good point touch home affect one deeply

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Antonyms

miss strike out fall short fall on deaf ears miss the mark be off the mark

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Hypernyms

move affect strike impress

Examples

I hope this message hits home! Source: Internet

Ace Tomoyuki Sugano threw seven innings of one-run ball against the Swallows on Aug. 12 to improve to 7-0, while Hiroyuki Nakajima hit home run No. 200 in a win over the Dragons on Friday. Source: Internet

After I read what Bob had posted, I knew what I would say could not hit home as well as what Bob had written. Source: Internet

All of a sudden, their apathy to the economic issues that once hardly affected them now hit home and apathy morphed into outrage. Source: Internet

After the bicycle experience, the importance of what we do as a company again hit home for me. Source: Internet

Carter Thompson drilled a pinch hit home run in the sixth inning to narrow the deficit to one, but NDSU was unable to complete the comeback. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hit her back hit high spot hit his wife hit in the hip pocket hit into hit it