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hit home

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a noteverb

    refer to or be relevant or familiar to

    "I hope this message hits home!"

Wiktionary

  1. hit homeverb

    To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated.

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  1. hit home

    "Hit home" is an idiom that indicates when a statement or occurrence makes a very strong, often emotional, impression or is deeply understood due to its personal significance or relatability to one's own life or experiences. It brings realization, awareness, or understanding in a powerful or poignant way.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hit home in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hit home in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hit home in a Sentence

  1. Glenn Calderbank:

    It kind of hit home for me.

  2. Jay Bruce:

    For people that have been here their whole lives and have made this place home and done so much to give back to the community, for a lot of them to get their homes and really their lives completely shattered, it’s something that really hit home with me, i’m so glad that they’re getting their house back and I’m glad I could at least be a little part of the help.

  3. Danielle Michaud:

    Awful news pours in when you work at a news station, but this is the first to hit home, my [Tennis Canada] family lost one of its brightest lights [and] biggest hearts in Anne Marie D’Amico. I’m devastated for her family … a big, loving, tight-knit group. No words for this tragedy.

  4. Chunli Zhao:

    It’s a tragedy that we hear about far too often but today has hit home here in San Mateo County.

  5. Tiare Jennings:

    For me, I like watching other people hit theirs( home runs), when I'm at home( plate), I just love to celebrate them. To watch everyone do what they can do, hit home runs, I think that's super cool that bond we have at the plate when they come home.


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