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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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His older brother sometimes brought home a record by the Beatles or Hendrix.

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Then, after the Yankees turned to right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga to face Pages, he hammered a ground ball single through a drawn-in infield to bring home the tying run.

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Cleanup hitter Roman Martin brought home the first run of the game with a single into left.

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The next batter, Anthony Volpe, hit a sacrifice fly to center field and brought home a run.

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"Meeting Luke today really brings home just what a difference that simple act can make," he says.

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