Idiom
get the point
Meaning
To understand; to interpret correctly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I get the point, so please stop explaining.”
“She kept repeating the same instructions until he finally got the point and started working.”
“Although he initially resisted the criticism, he eventually got the point and acknowledged that his strategy required a significant revision.”
Examples
simple
“I get the point, so please stop explaining.”
contextual
“She kept repeating the same instructions until he finally got the point and started working.”
complex
“Although he initially resisted the criticism, he eventually got the point and acknowledged that his strategy required a significant revision.”
Origin
From the verb *get*, the definite article *the*, and the noun *point*.
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