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TO STRIKE HOME

Definition: TO STRIKE HOME

TO STRIKE HOME

1. To give a blow which reaches its object, to strike with effect.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO STRIKE HOME

Language Translations for "TO STRIKE HOME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

talál (find, to fault, to hit, to hit home, to hit the mark, to pick up), hat (affect, six, taken, to affect, to impress, to operate, to take, took), elevenjére tapint (to hit home), érzékenyen érint (to be hard hit, to get home). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

応える (to answer, to respond, to reward, to take its toll), ぴ"と来る (full, lively, plump, small cloth for wiping tea utensils, small silk wrapper, soft, sound of heavy breathing, to get, to know intuitively, well-rounded). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"たえる (to answer, to be equal to, to be fit for, to bear, to brave, to endure, to put up with, to reply, to resist, to respond, to reward, to stand, to support, to take its toll, to withstand), ぴ"とくる (to get, to know intuitively). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ikestray omehay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO STRIKE HOME

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-k-m-o-o-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: hermetist, roomettes, thermites, thermoset.

-4 letters: emitters, erethism, homesite, hookiest, hootiest, isothere, isotherm, mooriest, mothiest, motorise, motorist, omitters, remotest, resmooth, rookiest, roomette, roomiest, rootiest, smoother, smoothie, termites, theorems, theories, theorise, theorist, thermite, thorites, tiresome, toothier, tortoise.

-5 letters: emitter, emoters, erotism, heister, heriots, hermits, heroism, heteros, hitters, hoister, hokiest, homiest, hookers, hookier, hookies, hooters, hootier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO STRIKE HOME


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      53 54 52 49 4B 45      48 4F 4D 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001001 01001011 01000101 00100000 01001000 01001111 01001101 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#84 &#82 &#73 &#75 &#69 &#32 &#72 &#79 &#77 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0053 0054 0052 0049 004B 0045      0048 004F 004D 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492535452434539242494739

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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