prove a point
idiom
: to show that one is right about something
He's willing to do almost anything to prove a point.
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Taylor set out to prove a point that tap is jazz of any era, approaching the music with unparalleled corporeal and spiritual reverence.
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Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
This is to prove a point that Purdy is actually further along than Brady was through their first two seasons.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Inter Miami — out to prove a point having gone winless during a worldwide pre-season tour — comfortably defeated a Hong Kong XI 4-1 in an event branded as Tatler XFEST Hong Kong.
—Andrew McNicol, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
Some buildings are diatribes, a person trying to prove a point, and some say very little at all, but the most interesting ones are conversations: between past and present, comfort and utility, privacy and community and, most important, the building itself and its residents.
—Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
This is to prove a point that Purdy is actually further along than Brady was through their first two seasons.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Inter Miami — out to prove a point having gone winless during a worldwide pre-season tour — comfortably defeated a Hong Kong XI 4-1 in an event branded as Tatler XFEST Hong Kong.
—Andrew McNicol, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
Some buildings are diatribes, a person trying to prove a point, and some say very little at all, but the most interesting ones are conversations: between past and present, comfort and utility, privacy and community and, most important, the building itself and its residents.
—Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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