make one's point

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  • make one's point — to succeed in making understood the logic or sence of an argument or opinion …   Idioms and examples

  • make one's point — put across a proposition clearly and convincingly …   Useful english dictionary

  • make\ one's\ blood\ boil — • make one s blood boil • make the blood boil v. phr. informal To make someone very angry. When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil. It made Mary s blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl. Compare: boiling point …   Словарь американских идиом

  • To carry one's point — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make one's blood boil — or[make the blood boil] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make someone very angry. * /When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil./ * /It made Mary s blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl./ Compare: BOILING POINT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make one's blood boil — or[make the blood boil] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make someone very angry. * /When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil./ * /It made Mary s blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl./ Compare: BOILING POINT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • To make one's mark — Mark Mark, n. [OE. marke, merke, AS. mearc; akin to D. merk, MHG. marc, G. marke, Icel. mark, Dan. m[ae]rke; cf. Lith. margas party colored. [root]106, 273. Cf. {Remark}.] 1. A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • point — point1 W1S1 [pɔınt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(idea)¦ 2¦(main meaning/idea)¦ 3¦(purpose)¦ 4¦(place)¦ 5¦(in time/development)¦ 6¦(quality/feature)¦ 7¦(games/sport)¦ 8¦(sharp end)¦ 9 boiling point/freezing point/melting point etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • point — I n. location, position, place, spot 1) to arrive at, reach a point 2) an assembly; cutoff; focal; jumping off; pressure; rallying; salient; starting; turning; vanishing; vantage point 3) the point of no return 4) at a point (at that point in… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Point — Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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