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strike home

VERB

hit where it hurts

Synonyms

WEAK

hit where one lives touch a nerve ending touch a sore spot

Example Sentences

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He needs it more than he lets on, and slowly, O’Sullivan’s script reveals that the particularities of “Romeo and Juliet” strike home for Dan in a way he never anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2024

Rarely does a question from an audience member strike home.

From Salon • May 15, 2023

Moments later, Barnes was on hand to strike home a rebound, giving the Foxes a deserved two-goal lead.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2021

Harper fired a strike home to Ramos, but the ball appeared to pop out as he tried to tag Mayberry at home on the rapid-fire play.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2013

There is a shrewdness, although deficient in delicacy, in the Scottish proverbs; they are idiomatic, facetious, and strike home.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac