strike home

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Verb

strike home - refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!"

impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

Translations

يُصيبُ كلامَه الصَّميم

tnout do živého

sitzen

toucher juste

eleven: az elevenére tapint

hitta í mark

sitte

ťať do živého

etkilemek

击中要害

strike

(straik) – past tense struck (strak) : past participles struck ~stricken (ˈstrikən) – verb

1. to hit, knock or give a blow to. He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.

2. to attack. The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.

3. to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing. He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.

4. (of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay. The men decided to strike for higher wages.

5. to discover or find. After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.

6. to (make something) sound. He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.

7. to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person). I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.

8. to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).

9. to go in a certain direction. He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.

10. to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).

noun

1. an act of striking. a miners' strike.

2. a discovery of oil, gold etc. He made a lucky strike.

ˈstriker noun

1. a worker who strikes.

2. in football, a forward player.

ˈstriking adjective

noticeable or impressive. She is tall and striking; She wears striking clothes.

ˈstrikingly adverb

be (out) on strike

(of workers) to be striking. The electricity workers are (out) on strike.

call a strike

(of a trade union leader etc) to ask workers to strike.

come out on strike

(of workers) to strike.

come/be within striking distance of

to come very close to.

strike at

to attempt to strike, or aim a blow at (a person etc). He struck at the dog with his stick.

strike an attitude / a pose

to place oneself in a particular usually rather showy pose.

strike a balance

to reach a satisfactory middle level of compromise between two undesirable extremes.

strike a bargain/agreement

to make a bargain; to reach an agreement.

strike a blow for

to make an effort on behalf of (a cause etc).

strike down

to hit or knock (a person) down. He was struck down by a car / a terrible disease.

strike dumb

to amaze. I was struck dumb at the news.

strike fear/terror etc into

to fill (a person) with fear etc. The sound struck terror into them.

strike home

(of a blow, insult etc) to reach the place where it will hurt most.

strike it rich

to make a lot of money.

strike lucky

to have good luck in a particular matter.

strike out

1. to erase or cross out (a word etc). He read the essay and struck out a word here and there.

2. to start fighting. He's a man who strikes out with his fists whenever he's angry.

strike up

1. to begin to play a tune etc. The band struck up (with) `The Red Flag'.

2. to begin (a friendship, conversation etc). He struck up an acquaintance with a girl on the train.

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All their weapons strike home; no matter whether it be a brave man or a coward that hurls them, Jove speeds all alike, whereas ours fall each one of them without effect.

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Here is no let or hindrance to thy weapon- Strike home. I will not fight thee.

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Now, sword, strike home! For horns he gave I'll have his head anon.

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It is hoped the visa ban warning will strike home with those who may be plotting to undermine the 2019 election.