enfoncer le clou

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se lə klu/
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Verb

enfoncer le clou

  1. (informal, figurative) to ram something home, to drive a lesson home (to repeat something insistently so that it is understood)
    Synonym: insister

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