hit/strike home

idiom

: to become very clear and obvious in usually a forceful or unpleasant way

The truth about their marriage finally hit home.

Examples of hit/strike home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And that really hit home, the importance of community in creating all things that matter. —Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024

This hit home with our critic Bill Addison’s list of 10 Italian spots in L.A. from the most recent 101 Best Restaurants guide. —Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024

After drawing a walk in the first inning, Burger hit home runs in the fourth and fifth innings for the fourth multi-homer performance of his MLB career. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024

The intensity of the battle has hit home for Sister Monica Clare. —Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

Peyton Tsao, Shannon Keighran, Kate Munnerlyn and Hayden Hummel hit home runs for St. Francis, which improved to 8-0. Otay Ranch is 2-7. —Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024

Kayli Counts and Annika Sogsti each had two RBIs. Norco 10, Great Oak 2: Maddy Aguilera and Tamryn Shorter hit home runs for Norco. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024

Josiah Hartshorn and Hamilton Friedberg hit home runs to hand a loss to Matthew Champion. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024

The power of the co-model hit home during a conversation with the incoming co-CEOs of leading global architecture firm Gensler, Jordan Goldstein and Julia Simet, who offered new perspectives on this rare leadership and governance model. —Dean Debiase, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024