bring (one) home
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To return one to one's residence. You were supposed to bring Jenny home by 10—her mother and I were worried sick! Please bring me home, I'm not feeling well.
bring home
To cause something to be more intimately acknowledged, recognized, or understood (by someone). The doctor's lecture about lung cancer really brought home the dangers of smoking. Her passionate speech about the environment brought home the importance of conservation efforts.
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bring home
Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of "touching someone or something closely." [Second half of 1800s]
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bring home
To make perfectly clear: a lecture that brought home several important points.
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