WordNet
v. refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!" [syn: hit home, strike a chord, strike a note]
Usage examples of "strike home".
The bolt from the crossbow spontaneously combusted before it could strike home.
Two of my Hellbore bolts strike home, while the third expends much of its megaton fury on a ruin-strewn ridge sheltering one of the targets as the enemy Bolo went hull-down behind it.
With his sword only six inches from the scabbard, he felt the blow strike home.
For a moment he lay quite still, then, badly winded and aching though he was, he forced himself to struggle to his feet again -- if Coco's feet reached him while he was still on the floor, Reynolds knew that he would never rise again -- moved to meet the advancing giant and struck out with all that remained of his strength at the sneering face before him, felt his fist strike home jarringly against solid bone and flesh, then coughed in agony as Coco contemptuously ignored the blow and struck him with tremendous force in the middle of the body.