make points

make points
make a point & make points
1. Lit. to score a point in a game. •

Bob made a point in the last match.

Karen made twenty points in the second half.

2. Fig. to state an item of importance. (See also make a point of someone or something; make points (with someone.) •

You made a point that we all should remember.

He spoke for an hour without making a point.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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