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hit home and strike home

Fig. to really make sense; [for a comment] to make a very good point. Mary's criticism of my clothes hit home, so I changed. The teacher's comment struck home and the student vowed to work harder.

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Her lists of the things that drive an editor crazy--with lots of specific examples that will make anyone cringe--will hit home with every reader and are an especially useful aspect of what is, overall, a very helpful guide. Thanks, but this isn't for us; a (sort of) compassionate guide to why ... by Reference & Research Book News After all these years, Smokey's safety tips seem to have hit home. Birthday bear by Bruno, Tara / Science World I met Tony Daley, Dwight Yorke, Dalian Atkinson and some real old-school people and it just hit home when the kids mentioned it. Luke: Kids need a sound foundation by Birmingham Mail (England)			hire away hire out his hiss hiss at hiss off hiss out hissy history history in the making History repeats itself hit hit a home run hit a nerve hit a plateau hit a snag hit a wall hit against hit and miss hit at hit back hit below the belt hit between the eyes hit bottom hit hard hit home hit in hit it off hit like a ton of bricks hit off hit on hit one where one lives hit or miss hit out hit pay dirt hit rock bottom hit stride hit the books hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the bull's-eye hit the ceiling hit the deck hit the dirt hit the fan hit the ground running hit the hay hit the headlines hit the high spots			hit below the belt hit below the belt hit below the belt hit below the belt hit below the belt hit between the eyes hit between the eyes hit between the eyes hit between the eyes hit between the eyes hit bottom Hit By A Bus Hit by A Train Hit By Car Hit by Friendly Fire Hit by pitch Hit Dice Hit Explorer Operating System hit for hit for hit for hit for hit for Hit for Six Hit for Six Hit for Six Hit for Six Hit for Six Hit From Behind hit hard hit home hit in hit in the eye hit in the eye hit in the eye hit in the eye hit it big hit it big hit it big hit it big hit it big hit it off hit it off hit it off hit it off hit it off hit it off hit it up hit like a ton of bricks hit list hit list hit list hit lists hit lists hit man Hit Me Baby One More Time Hit Me Back Hit Me Up Hit men Hit My Cell Hit My Line

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