bring home

phrase

: to make unmistakably clear
brought home the importance of exercise

Examples of bring home in a Sentence

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Wallace is instrumental in Black identifying and tracking down her killer and hopefully bringing home those missing kids. Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 This massive $700 price cut gives competitive players, streamers, and multimedia creators a chance to bring home high-frame-rate gameplay and multithreaded rendering power without the strain of standard retail prices. Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 For Kirby, who brought home more than $30 million in compensation last year, the goal isn’t simply to manage what United is doing today. Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 The Allies, in turn, brought home methods of coercion that had previously been largely confined to their empires. Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bring home

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bring home was in 1802

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“Bring home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20home. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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