“Pointon”

The following 3 entries include the term Pointon.

from that point on

phrase

: beginning at that time

not to put too fine a point on it

phrase

used in an ironic way to introduce a very strong and usually critical statement

put an exclamation point on

phrase

: to end (something) in an exciting way


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  • a pencil broken in half on top of a test answer sheet
  • The business’s new computer system proved not to be a panacea.
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