hit too close to home (English, verb)
expansion: hit too close to home (third-person singular simple present hits too close to home, present participle hitting too close to home, simple past and past participle hit too close to home)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, too, close, to, home.
glosses: To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: hits too close to home
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hitting too close to home
tags: participle
present
form: hit too close to home
tags: participle
past
form: hit too close to home
tags: past