close to home

close to home

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb klohz too hohm]
- /verb kloʊz tu hoʊm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb klohz too hohm]
- /verb kloʊz tu hoʊm/

Definitions of close to home words

expression close to home affecting sb personally 1
expression close to home locally 1
adverb close to home (Idiomatic) Affecting people close to, or within, ones family circle. 0

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Parts of speech for Close to home

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Close to home

close to home popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

close to home usage trend in Literature

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