Definition of "hit home" [hit home]

• To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated. (verb)

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• "She’d known why the field was called Manstree Field, of course, and the vineyard was called after the field, but it had never really hit home until now."
• "He should also be the fastest player in the Tigers 'lineup and seems like a nice top-of-the-order guy who may not hit home runs but turns in his fair share of extra-base hits."