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Definition of Strike home
1. Verb. Refer to or be relevant or familiar to. "I hope this message hits home!"
Exact synonyms: Hit Home, Strike A Chord, Strike A Note
Generic synonyms: Affect, Impress, Move, Strike
Generic synonyms: Affect, Impress, Move, Strike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strike Home
Literary usage of Strike home
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. by John Ashton (1884)
"AT this time much use was made of the phrase ' Britons, strike home !' which first
appears in an adaptation of Beaumont and Fletcher's play of ' Bonduca,' ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1919)
"That is the principle I want to strike home to your hearts upon this occasion.
Under such circumstances you have the same right to eject him from that ..."
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