ram home in English

Forms: rams home [present, singular, third-person], ramming home [participle, present], rammed home [participle, past], rammed home [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} ram home (third-person singular simple present rams home, present participle ramming home, simple past and past participle rammed home)

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    {
      "form": "rams home",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ramming home",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rammed home",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rammed home",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 26, Larry Elliott, Heather Stewart, “Sunak to use budget to start repairing UK's public finances”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Rishi Sunak will use the volatility in global financial markets to ram home a budget message next week that immediate action is needed to repair the damage to the public finances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To drive home."
      ],
      "id": "en-ram_home-en-verb-li2FDvNI",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To drive home."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ram home"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rams home",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ramming home",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rammed home",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rammed home",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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          "ref": "2021 February 26, Larry Elliott, Heather Stewart, “Sunak to use budget to start repairing UK's public finances”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Rishi Sunak will use the volatility in global financial markets to ram home a budget message next week that immediate action is needed to repair the damage to the public finances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To drive home."
      ],
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        [
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          "drive home"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To drive home."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ram home"
}

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"ram home" meaning in English

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