hit home
HAVE THE INTENDED EFFECT, strike home, hit the mark, register, be understood, get through, sink in

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hit home
to be understood completely and have a strong effect.
The president's message seemed to hit home with most people who watched him on TV.

Related vocabulary: come home to someone
hit/strike home
1.
if something that someone says hits home, it has a strong effect on you because it forces you to understand something unpleasant.
I could see that the criticism was beginning to hit home.

2.
if an action or a situation hits home, it has a strong negative effect.
Consumer spending has decreased as tax rises have begun to hit home.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

hit home
make sense, make an impression on someone
The amount of damage from the storm hit home when we saw the houses on the beach.

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hit home
v. phr. To go directly to the mark; strike a vulnerable spot.
His remark hit home when he referred to those who do not contribute sufficiently to the college fund drive.

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