drive home

To make people clearly understand a point by stressing it or showing strong evidence.

• The pictures drove home the danger.
• She used a simple example to drive the point home.
• These figures drive home how much the town has changed.

How to use it: drive home something (The photographs drove home the seriousness of the flood.); drive home that… (The test drove home that we needed more training.); drive something home to someone (The accident drove the danger home to us.)

Similar words: emphasize, underline, bring home

Common phrases: drive something home, drive the point home, drive home a message

To go back to where you live in a vehicle that you control.

• I drive home after work.
• She drove home through heavy rain.
• Can you drive home safely tonight?

Common phrases: drive home alone, drive home safely, drive home from work

To push or hit something firmly until it is completely in its correct position.

• He drove the nail home.
• Drive the peg home with a wooden mallet.
• The final blow drove the pin home into the metal frame.

How to use it: drive something home (Use a hammer to drive the nail home.)

Similar words: hammer in, force into place

Common phrases: drive something home, drive a nail home