ram home

verb

To hammer home, drive home.

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Meanings

verbram home (third-person singular simple present rams home, present participle ramming home, simple past and past participle rammed home)

present singular third person rams home · participle present ramming home · participle past rammed home · past rammed home

  1. transitiveTo hammer home, drive home.

    Rishi Sunak will use the volatility in global financial markets to ram home a budget message next week that immediate action is needed to repair the damage to the public finances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

    2021 February 26, Larry Elliott, Heather Stewart, “Sunak to use budget to start repairing UK's public finances”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something

Similar
drive homepress home
Broader
stressemphasizeemphasise
Also see
drive homepress home

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

ram home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ram%20home

MLA

“ram home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ram%20home. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ram home,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ram%20home.

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