to the point of
idiom
: to a particular state
The animals were hunted to the point of extinction.
He pushed her to the point of hysterics.
He's concerned about money to the point of obsession.
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And the available defensive metrics do not value first basemen to the point of actually devaluing them.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Since 2019, Ezekiel Elliott, Zack Martin and CeeDee Lamb all staged holdouts that included ugly moments before signing late in the summer, but none advanced to the point of requesting a trade.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
But while Kaufer seems fine with slowly retreating from the limelight—even to the point of getting ignored by his own former peers on LinkedIn—job-seekers and managers are getting fed up with people not responding to them.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 July 2025
The closer the explanation is to the point of action, the more effective the system becomes.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Since 2019, Ezekiel Elliott, Zack Martin and CeeDee Lamb all staged holdouts that included ugly moments before signing late in the summer, but none advanced to the point of requesting a trade.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
But while Kaufer seems fine with slowly retreating from the limelight—even to the point of getting ignored by his own former peers on LinkedIn—job-seekers and managers are getting fed up with people not responding to them.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 July 2025
The closer the explanation is to the point of action, the more effective the system becomes.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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“To the point of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20point%20of. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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