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take the point en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

take + the + point

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.
   • Wading through the apparent sarcasm, we can take his point that the "badness" common to popular music as a whole is not excused by the small amount of it that is notably good. 2002, Richard D. Leppert, “Commentary: Music and Mass Culture,”, in Essays on Music, →ISBN, page 345:
   • "Then," said Mr Mifflin, cordially, "say no more. I take your point. My objections are removed." 1914, P. G. Wodehouse, “Deep Waters”, in The Man Upstairs and Other Stories:
2. (idiomatic) To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.
   • I take your point well enough, but mayn't you be after all quite wrong? 1900, Henry James, Mrs. Medwin:
   • "I played 'em off one against the other," said my uncle. I took his point in an instant. He had gone to each of them in turn and said the others had come in. 1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 5, in Tono-Bungay:

Forms

Relateds

take the meaning · get the meaning · have a point

Synonyms

get the point (grasp the essential meaning) · point taken · the point

Translations (4)

it capire (to understand someone's argument) · it concordare (to agree with someone) · it comprendere (to understand someone's argument) · it essere d'accordo (to agree with someone)