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To repeatedly or continually emphasize (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Our instructor would hammer home the point that safety was most important.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
強調 /强调
(koeng4 diu6)
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Chinese Cantonese:
反覆說明 /反覆说明
(faan2 fuk1 syut3 ming4)
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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German:
einbläuen
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Hungarian:
szájába rág
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Hungarian:
szájba rág
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Italian:
enfatizzare ripetutamente o continuamente
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Italian:
ripeterci continuamente
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Italian:
ribadire con forza
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Russian:
вда́лбливать
(vdálblivatʹ)
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Russian:
вдолби́ть
(vdolbítʹ)
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Serbo-Croatian:
tuviti u glavu
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Serbo-Croatian:
utuvljivati
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
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Swedish:
hamra in
— to repeatedly or continually emphasise
