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.
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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.
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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.
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—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
Russians must see their national wealth dissipating, and their economy headed for permanent stunting, for the consequences of Putin’s invasion to hit home.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
In an interview with Hugh Jackman for this week's cover story, Reynolds, 47, spoke with his Deadpool & Wolverine costar about parenting advice that hit home.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024
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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
Russians must see their national wealth dissipating, and their economy headed for permanent stunting, for the consequences of Putin’s invasion to hit home.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
In an interview with Hugh Jackman for this week's cover story, Reynolds, 47, spoke with his Deadpool & Wolverine costar about parenting advice that hit home.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024
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“Hit/strike home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%2Fstrike%20home. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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