Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To repeatedly or continually emphasize (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.

    Our instructor would hammer home the point that safety was most important.

    einbläuen

    вда́лбливатьvdálblivatʹ, вдолби́тьvdolbítʹ

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He hammered out a home run.

    deEr hat einen Homerun geschlagen. — dinkel_girl

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to repeatedly or continually emphasise:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to repeatedly or continually emphasise:

Forms

hammers home, hammering home, hammered home, hammered home
Base formhammer home · to hammer home
3rd person singularhammers home
Present participlehammering home
Past simplehammered home
Past participlehammered home

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhammer home
he, she, ithammers home

Past simpleLesson

all personshammered home

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hammered home
he, she, ithas hammered home

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hammer home

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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