Press home (one's) advantage In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "press home (one's) advantage", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2022-01-05 08:01

Meaning of Press home (one's) advantage

Press home (one's) advantage phrase

 To gain a further advantage for yourself from a situation in which you are better, stronger, or more successful than your opponent, enemy, etc.

 

The enemy is now in retreat. Let's press home our advantage and kill them all.

Once realizing that their team was getting weak, we pressed home our advantage and defeated them decisively.

Grammar and Usage of Press home (one's) advantage

Verb Forms

  • pressed home (one's) advantage
  • pressing home (one's) advantage

The verb "press" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Press home (one's) advantage

The origin of this phrase is not clear.

 

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