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"form": "drives home",
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},
{
"form": "driving home",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "drove home",
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},
{
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}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1969, James Plunkett, Strumpet City, page 396",
"text": "He grunted as he drove each nail home.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Harry Harrison, One King's Way, page 186",
"text": "Karli shook himself, drove home the last nail with a flat stone, straightened up.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Judith Tarr, Queen of the Amazons, page 293",
"text": "Just as Ione began to slow, she struck Ione's sword aside and drove her own blade home.",
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}
],
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"To push something into position completely by force."
],
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"(transitive) To push something into position completely by force."
],
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"_dis1": "95 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "takhav",
"sense": "to force something into position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תָּחַב"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to force something into position",
"word": "ngahu"
}
]
},
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"ref": "2021 June 14, Mark Landler, “Boris Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ Makes Shaky Start at G7 Summit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "The urgent need for vaccines was driven home by the expected postponement on Monday of Britain’s plan to reopen, caused by the spread of a variant known as Delta among the unvaccinated population.",
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}
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"To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration."
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"(figurative, transitive) To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration."
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"text": "He decided not to drive home right away.",
"type": "example"
},
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"text": "He was afraid he would doze off on the long drive home.",
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, home."
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"_dis1": "0 0 100",
"word": "hammer home"
},
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"ref": "1969, James Plunkett, Strumpet City, page 396",
"text": "He grunted as he drove each nail home.",
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"text": "Karli shook himself, drove home the last nail with a flat stone, straightened up.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Judith Tarr, Queen of the Amazons, page 293",
"text": "Just as Ione began to slow, she struck Ione's sword aside and drove her own blade home.",
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}
],
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"To push something into position completely by force."
],
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"(transitive) To push something into position completely by force."
],
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},
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"ref": "2021 June 14, Mark Landler, “Boris Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ Makes Shaky Start at G7 Summit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "The urgent need for vaccines was driven home by the expected postponement on Monday of Britain’s plan to reopen, caused by the spread of a variant known as Delta among the unvaccinated population.",
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}
],
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"To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration."
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"(figurative, transitive) To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration."
],
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"transitive"
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"text": "He decided not to drive home right away.",
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},
{
"text": "He was afraid he would doze off on the long drive home.",
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}
],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, home."
],
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"home",
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"tags": [
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "hammer home"
},
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"word": "ram home"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "takhav",
"sense": "to force something into position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תָּחַב"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to force something into position",
"word": "ngahu"
}
],
"word": "drive home"
}
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