hit/strike home

idiom

: to become very clear and obvious in usually a forceful or unpleasant way

The truth about their marriage finally hit home.

Examples of hit/strike home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An offense still missing a slew of veterans was not at a loss for power as Miguel Sano, Willie Calhoun and Luis Rengifo all hit home runs off Tigers veteran Jack Flaherty, who took his lumps in his Southern California homecoming. —

Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 27 June 2024 Erin Martin, Haleigh Hodges and Hannah DeVincent all hit home runs for the Lions. —

Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024 Given your first husband’s death from colon cancer and your activism on behalf of the disease, Brian and Sandra’s commitment to their cause — and each other — must have really hit home. —

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024 Not one of the studio’s bigger tearjerkers, but its portrait of middle-aged malaise will definitely hit home for adults watching with their kids. 2. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for hit/strike home

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