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Definition: Strike Home |
Strike HomeVerb1. Refer to or be relevant of familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Strike HomeSynonyms: hit home (v), strike a chord (v), strike a note (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at; make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of. |
Physical Energy | Strike home, into home, hard home; make an impression. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "strike home": To strike home. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "strike home"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prek zemër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أصاب الهدف (hit, hit a target, hit one's aim, touch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trefit se (hit the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | osua oikeaan (hit the nail on the head). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | toucher juste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לקלוע למטר" (hit home, hit the nail on the head, hit the target), לח"ור עמוק. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | célba talál (to get home, to hit the mark, to hit the target, to strike home). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 的中 (become realized, hit the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | てきちゅう (become realized, hit the mark, in the midst of the enemy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ikestray omehay pune degetul pe ranã (lay one's finger on), lovi precis, atinge la punctul sensibil. (various references) попасть прямо в цель. (various references) pogoditi u živac, ganuti (affect, impassion, move). (various references) dar en el hito, dar en el clavo. (various references) träffa rätt. (various references) влучити в ціль (hit the mark), зачепити за живе. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-k-m-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: erethism, homesite, isothere, isotherm, theorems, theories, theorise, tiresome. | |
-3 letters: emoters, erotism, heister, heriots, hermits, heroism, heteros, hoister, hokiest, homiest, irksome, keister, kiester, meshier, meteors, metiers, mirkest, mithers, moister, mortise, mothers, mothier, reemits, remotes, restoke, retimes, shortie, smokier, smother, theorem, thermes, thermos, triseme, trisome. | |
-4 letters: either, emoter, emotes, ethers, hereto, heriot, hermit, heroes, hetero. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-k-m-o-r-s-t" | |
+4 letters: schlockmeister. | |
+5 letters: schlockmeisters. | |
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