hit home
The idiom 'hit home' is often used to describe moments of realization or emotional impact, resonating deeply with someone's personal experiences.
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Definition
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(idiomatic)To cause someone to fully understand or realize something, often leading to a strong emotional response.
Example
- The reality of the situation finally hit home when she saw the empty house.
B2General
(idiomatic)To have a profound effect or impact, especially by being deeply relatable or relevant.
Example
- His words hit home, reminding everyone of the importance of family.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "hit home":
hit too close to homehit a home rundrive homehome inclose to homehit withbring homego homehit onhit itstrike a chordhit offcut to the quickhit one out of the ballparkcome homehit outhit mehome runhit backtake to heart