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tally, score: She made her point and went on to win the match.
14 attribute, characteristic, feature, aspect, trait, quality,
side, property: I suppose he has his good points, too. 15
beside the point. irrelevant, inapt, inappropriate, malapropos,
incidental, immaterial, unimportant, pointless, inconsequential:
The fact that she's my sister is beside the point. 16 in point
of. in reference to, regarding, as regards, in the matter of,
concerning, with respect to: In point of date, the two events
coincide perfectly. 17 make a point of or US also make (it) a
point to. make an effort (to), put or place emphasis on, go out
of one's way (to); emphasize, single out, stress: He made a
point of apologizing to the hostess for his behaviour. She made
a special point of forgiving him. 18 to the point. relevant,
pertinent, appropriate, fitting, apropos, germane, apt,
applicable, apposite: The speech was short and to the point.
--v. 19 Often, point to. indicate, call or direct attention to:
Desir‚e pointed to the building and asked what it was. 20
direct, level, aim, train: I awoke to find her pointing a gun
at my head. 21 point out. a designate, call or direct
attention to, show, exhibit, indicate, identify: The taxi
driver pointed out all the sights as we drove along. b say,
bring up, mention, allude to, bring up, emphasize, stress, point
up, single out; allude to, call attention to, remind: I'd like
to point out that you have rarely won at bridge. She pointed out
the fallacy in his argument. 22 point up. emphasize, stress,
accentuate, underline, underscore, accent, spotlight: Such
errors point up the need to double-check everything.
point-blank
adj. 1 direct, straight, blunt, flat, straightforward, abrupt,
categorical, explicit, uncompromising, unmitigated, unalloyed,
downright, outright, to the point, straight from the shoulder,
(open and) above-board, unreserved: I asked her out to dinner
and got a point-blank refusal. 2 close, short, nearby: He was
shot at point-blank range.
--adv. 3 directly, straight (away), right away, bluntly, flat,
flatly, abruptly, categorically, unqualifiedly, explicitly,
uncompromisingly, unmitigatedly, outright,, unreservedly,
plainly, frankly, openly, candidly: He turned her down
point-blank when she offered him the job. 4 directly, straight:
He fired point-blank at the target.