join the dots en · VERB
Etymology
See connect the dots.
Meanings
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Synonym of connect the dots.
“All the technologies I describe in my novel already exist,” she said. “Automised job appraisals, AI-generated scripts, micro-housing, the coupling of surveillance and insurance, the burning council estates: it’s all already here. You just have to look at it and join the dots.”
2019 June 30, Philip Oltermann, quoting Sibylle Berg, “German sci-fi fans lap up dystopian tales of Brexit Britain”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| joined the dots | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| joined the dots | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| joining the dots | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| joins the dots | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |