Refer to or be relevant or familiar to.

synoniemen: hit home, strike a chord, strike a note.

Roget 171: give energy etc. n.; energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert; sharpen, intensify; inflame etc. (render violent) 173; wind up etc. (strengthen) 159.    strike home, into home, hard home; make an impression.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 716: attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.    assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; strike the first blow, draw first blood, throw the first stone at; lift a hand against, draw the sword against; take up the cudgels; advance against, march against; march upon, harry; come on, show fight.    strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at; bear down upon.    close with, come to close quarters; bring to bay.    ride full tilt against; attack tooth and nail, go at hammer and tongs.    let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at; make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of.    lay about one, run amuck.    aim at, draw a bead on [U.S.].    fire upon, fire at, fire a shot at; shoot at, pop at, level at, let off a gun at; open fire, pepper, bombard, shell, pour a broadside into; fire a volley, fire red-hot shot; spring a mine.    throw a stone, throw stones at; stone, lapidate^†, pelt; hurl at, hurl against, hurl at the head of; rock beset [U.S.], besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls.    cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike etc. (impulse) 276; whip etc. (punish) 972.    [attack verbally] assail, impugn; malign (detract) 934.    bomb, rocket, blast.    ... meer laten zien