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make one’s pointto successfully communicate or express one's opinion or argument in a clear and convincing way

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: to successfully communicate or express one's opinion or argument in a clear and convincing way

Pronunciation (IPA): /meɪk wʌnz pɔɪnt/

Example Sentences

  • After arguing for an hour, he finally made his point that pineapple belongs on pizza.
  • The teacher made her point by showing real examples from students' work.
  • He tried to make his point about healthy eating while eating a burger.

make one’s point

NOUN

[/meɪk wʌnz pɔɪnt/]

to successfully communicate or express one's opinion or argument in a clear and convincing way

to successfully communicate or express one's opinion or argument in a clear and convincing way
💡 Concept

to successfully communicate or express one's opinion or argument in a clear and convincing way

She made her point to get the appoint, leaving rivals disappoint!
🎵 Rhyme

She made her point to get the appoint, leaving rivals disappoint!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/meɪk wʌnz pɔɪnt/
🇬🇧 UK/meɪk wʌnz pɔɪnt/

🌳Etymology

🎵Rhyme

jointappointdisappoint
joint
appoint
disappoint

🔗Collocations

make a valid point
make your point clear
fail to make one's point
effectively make one's point
make the same point
make one's point heard

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

After arguing for an hour, he finally made his point that pineapple belongs on pizza.

The teacher made her point by showing real examples from students' work.

😄 Fun example

He tried to make his point about healthy eating while eating a burger.

During the meeting, she made her point about budget cuts very diplomatically.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

get one's point acrossexpress one's viewconvey one's messagestate one's caseargue one's position

Antonyms

miss the pointfail to communicateconfuse the issue

Related

argumentopinionviewpointpersuadeconvinceclarify

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