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},
{
"form": "hitting too close to home",
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{
"form": "hit too close to home",
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},
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"glosses": [
"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, too, close, to, home."
],
"id": "en-hit_too_close_to_home-en-verb-~fUDoSTq",
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"too",
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],
[
"close",
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],
[
"to",
"to#English"
],
[
"home",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I just barely managed to keep my job during the layoff – it really hit too close to home."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near."
],
"id": "en-hit_too_close_to_home-en-verb-KMOp-PGc",
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"too close for comfort",
"too close for comfort"
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[
"dangerously",
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"(idiomatic) To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near."
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "As a veteran, the war film I watched yesterday hit too close to home, making me remember many awful things."
}
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"glosses": [
"To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences."
],
"id": "en-hit_too_close_to_home-en-verb-91uc8qOm",
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"(idiomatic) To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences."
],
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}
],
"word": "hit too close to home"
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{
"form": "hit too close to home",
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"form": "hit too close to home",
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},
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, too, close, to, home."
],
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"too",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I just barely managed to keep my job during the layoff – it really hit too close to home."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near."
],
"links": [
[
"too close for comfort",
"too close for comfort"
],
[
"dangerously",
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[
"uncomfortably",
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"(idiomatic) To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
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"English idioms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "As a veteran, the war film I watched yesterday hit too close to home, making me remember many awful things."
}
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"To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences."
],
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"reminding",
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"(idiomatic) To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences."
],
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"idiomatic"
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