come/get to the point

idiom

: to reach the main or most important idea of something that is said or written

It took several paragraphs for her to come/get to the point of her argument.

Examples of come/get to the point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The ability to get to the point quicker is a key win. —Charles Wetzel, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024

In Toledano’s professional opinion, if a woman is on body identical progesterone, her case shouldn’t get to the point of needing surgery because hormone treatment should be enough to manage the symptoms. —Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2024

When a church does get to the point of closure, a congregation can face tough decisions and mixed emotions. —Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024

If the Suns were to get to the point of dealing Booker, the Knicks would need to be willing participants on a deal, too. —Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2024

One thing the company will need to do in order to scale, Curtis said, is to get to the point where their pigs can be bred with ready-to-donate organs, rather than requiring cloning and implantation. —Alex Knapp, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

Dear Miss Manners: Is there any polite way to encourage someone who is recounting an anecdote to you to come to the point a little faster? —Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024

Is there any polite way to encourage someone who is recounting an anecdote to you to come to the point a little faster? —Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024

Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. —Adam B. Vary, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024