Meanings
present singular third person presses home · participle present pressing home · participle past pressed home · past pressed home
- transitiveTo build upon (an advantage).
Mancini's side remain in fourth place but an opportunity to press home an advantage over closest rivals Tottenham was squandered with a lamentable display.
2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport2 more examples
The opposition was able to capitalize on this and to press home the argument that only after proclaiming the republic's sovereignty would the Ukrainian authorities be in a position to deal with the miners' problems.
1999, Bohdan Nahaylo, The Ukrainian Resurgence, C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS, →ISBN, page 292It succeeded so well that they led 5—4. But Lycett got busy, and going for everything, as did his partner, the Lowes failed to press home their lead and were beaten 7-5.
2007, Mick Collins, All-Round Genius: The Unknown Story of Britain's Greatest Sportsman, Aurum Press, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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