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

Mephistopheles, dispatched by the Devil to serve Faustus, can’t help getting the better of his mortal master, like an infernal Jeeves—or, more to the point, like a handler in the intelligence racket, running an anxious agent in the field. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 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