“the point”

The following 7 entries include the term the point.

come/get to the point

idiom

: to reach the main or most important idea of something that is said or written

labor/belabor the point

idiom

: to repeat or stress something too much or too often

labor the point

idiom

: to repeat or stress something too much or too often

more to the point

idiom

: more importantly

on/at the point of (doing something)

idiom

: at a time just before (doing something)

press the point

idiom

: to repeat an idea often in a way that is annoying to show that it is very important

to the point of

idiom

: to a particular state


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