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What does hammer home mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To repeatedly or continually emphasise (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.
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To hammer home that point, he offered a flock of statements, all thoroughly unpleasant.
A mum today launched a campaign to hammer home the dangers of binge drinking after her schoolboy son nearly died following a boozy night out.
He rounded off his man-of-the-match performance by keeping his cool to hammer home the only goal from the spot.
We need to hammer home to the Member States just how much they need the European Union.
The EU must hammer home this message to young people via its media campaign and to smokers via their cigarette packs.
Therefore, I will continue to hammer home the point that a Europe that protects is not a protectionist Europe.

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