come/get to the point

idiom

: to reach the main or most important idea of something that is said or written
It took several paragraphs for her to come/get to the point of her argument.

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Oldenburger shared in a January 5 Instagram video (@rachels.dogs) that helping Roxy get to the point of trusting humans again didn't happen overnight. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 Will systems ever get to the point where trying to get all of the disparate pieces to sync isn’t an issue because systems are created with the aims of process mining at their center? Megan Poinski, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Come/get to the point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%2Fget%20to%20the%20point. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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