bring home
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Definition
Phrasal Verb: 1. To earn as a salary or wage: To receive a specific amount of money as income, typically after deductions like taxes. 2. To make something understandable and clear: To emphasize a point or idea so that its truth, importance, or reality is fully recognized and felt.
Usage Examples
To earn as a salary or wage:
- He brings home a decent salary from his engineering job.
- How much do you bring home each month after all the deductions?
To make something understandable and clear:
- The documentary's powerful images brought home the devastating effects of climate change.
- Her personal story brought home the importance of mental health awareness.
Advanced Usage
- "to bring home the bacon": This is a related idiom meaning to earn a living or to be successful.
- He works long hours to bring home the bacon for his family.
- "to bring home to someone": To make someone fully realize or understand something, often something unpleasant.
- The accident brought home to me the dangers of driving while tired.
Variants and Related Words
- Take-home pay (n): The amount of money one receives from their salary after deductions.
- Her take-home pay is less than her gross salary.
Synonyms
- Earn: To receive money as payment for work.
- Clarify: To make a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible.
- Emphasize: To give special importance or prominence to something in speaking or writing.
- Highlight: To draw special attention to.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Drive home: To emphasize a point so that it is fully understood (very similar to the second meaning of "bring home").
- The manager drove home the new safety regulations during the meeting.
Related Idioms
- Bring home the bacon: To earn a living; to achieve success.
- She's the one who brings home the bacon in their household.
Verb
- earn as a salary or wage
- How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?
- make understandable and clear
- This brings home my point