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.
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Taking character risks Like it or not, Roseman and Reid have hit home runs by drafting players who raised major character concerns.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Softball Harvard-Westlake 11, Louisville 8: Ainsley Nutting had three hits and three RBIs while Ava Molina and Peyton Perriott hit home runs in a Mission League opener for the Wolverines.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The 5-9, 206-pound back has a lot of experience in a zone rushing offense and the speed to hit home runs after posting a 4.32 40 at the combine.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The madness started, as baseball madness tends to start, with the New York Yankees: At the end of March, during the opening weekend of the new season, the team’s first three batters hit home runs on the first three pitches thrown their way.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Softball Harvard-Westlake 11, Louisville 8: Ainsley Nutting had three hits and three RBIs while Ava Molina and Peyton Perriott hit home runs in a Mission League opener for the Wolverines.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The 5-9, 206-pound back has a lot of experience in a zone rushing offense and the speed to hit home runs after posting a 4.32 40 at the combine.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The madness started, as baseball madness tends to start, with the New York Yankees: At the end of March, during the opening weekend of the new season, the team’s first three batters hit home runs on the first three pitches thrown their way.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Hit/strike home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%2Fstrike%20home. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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