to press home -
1press home something — press something home or press home something 1) to push something completely into its correct place 2) to repeat or explain something carefully so that you are certain someone understands it completely The mayor s office is expected to press home …
2press home — If you press something home, you insist on a point in a discussion or argument. Her lawyer kept pressing home the fact that she was a single mother …
3press home — verb make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something drive home a point or an argument I m trying to drive home these basic ideas • Syn: ↑drive home, ↑ram home • Hypernyms: ↑stress, ↑emphasize, ↑ …
4press home an argument — convince; vigorously state a claim …
5press something home — or press home something 1) to push something completely into its correct place 2) to repeat or explain something carefully so that you are certain someone understands it completely The mayor s office is expected to press home its opposition to… …
6press — press1 W2S2 [pres] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(news)¦ 2 get/be given a bad press 3 get/have a good press 4¦(printing)¦ 5¦(machine)¦ 6¦(push)¦ 7 go to press 8¦(crowd)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(NEWS)¦ …
7press — press1 [ pres ] noun *** ▸ 1 newspapers etc. ▸ 2 machine for printing ▸ 3 publishing business ▸ 4 piece of equipment ▸ 5 single push on something ▸ 6 making clothes smooth ▸ 7 many people pushing 1. ) the press newspapers and news magazines: the… …
8press — 1 /pres/ noun 1 NEWS a) (U) also the press people who write reports for newspapers, radio, or television: the freedom of the press (also + plural verb BrE): In August the press are desperate for news. | press photographers b) (singular,… …
9home — /hoʊm / (say hohm) noun 1. a house, or other shelter that is the fixed residence of a person, a family, or a household. 2. a place of one s domestic affections. 3. (often upper case) an institution for the homeless, sick, etc. 4. the dwelling… …
10press — I. /prɛs / (say pres) verb (pressed or, Archaic, prest, pressing) –verb (t) 1. to act upon with weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or… …