press home — verb make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something drive home a point or an argument I m trying to drive home these basic ideas • Syn: ↑drive home, ↑ram home • Hypernyms: ↑stress, ↑emphasize, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
press home — If you press something home, you insist on a point in a discussion or argument. Her lawyer kept pressing home the fact that she was a single mother … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
press something home — or press home something 1) to push something completely into its correct place 2) to repeat or explain something carefully so that you are certain someone understands it completely The mayor s office is expected to press home its opposition to… … English dictionary
press — press1 [ pres ] noun *** ▸ 1 newspapers etc. ▸ 2 machine for printing ▸ 3 publishing business ▸ 4 piece of equipment ▸ 5 single push on something ▸ 6 making clothes smooth ▸ 7 many people pushing 1. ) the press newspapers and news magazines: the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
press — press1 W2S2 [pres] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(news)¦ 2 get/be given a bad press 3 get/have a good press 4¦(printing)¦ 5¦(machine)¦ 6¦(push)¦ 7 go to press 8¦(crowd)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(NEWS)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
press — 1 /pres/ noun 1 NEWS a) (U) also the press people who write reports for newspapers, radio, or television: the freedom of the press (also + plural verb BrE): In August the press are desperate for news. | press photographers b) (singular,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
press */*/*/ — I UK [pres] / US noun Word forms press : singular press plural presses 1) the press newspapers and news magazines the national/local/American/sports press the popular/tabloid press in the press: She has been criticized in the press for not… … English dictionary
home — I [[t]ho͟ʊm[/t]] NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES ♦ homes 1) N COUNT: oft poss N, also at N Someone s home is the house or flat where they live. Last night they stayed at home and watched TV... The General divided his time between his shabby… … English dictionary
home — /hoʊm / (say hohm) noun 1. a house, or other shelter that is the fixed residence of a person, a family, or a household. 2. a place of one s domestic affections. 3. (often upper case) an institution for the homeless, sick, etc. 4. the dwelling… …
press — I. /prɛs / (say pres) verb (pressed or, Archaic, prest, pressing) –verb (t) 1. to act upon with weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or… …