more to the point

idiom

: more importantly

If you drive while drunk, you could lose your license, but even more to the point, you could kill someone.

Examples of more to the point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Wolfe’s good point, in his writing on architecture, was that there was an immense reservoir of idiomatic American style that deserved to be taken as seriously—or, more to the point, as joyfully—as any European art-school dogma. —Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025

Why isn’t The New York Times covering — or, more to the point, uncovering — the Jeffrey Epstein story? —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025

And even more to the point: Yet again, Trump has chosen a fight that is simultaneously good policy, good politics, and good law. —Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

Second, and more to the point, what has Barron done — at camp or over two preseason games — to stake his claim? —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for more to the point

• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint
• gunpoint
• midpoint
• nonpoint
• pinpoint
• standpoint