PointIdioms I agree with you up to a

Point-Idioms • I agree with you up to a point. • to some extent; to some degree but not completely • The remark was short but to the point. • appropriate to, relevant to = pertinent • (Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion) • Point taken. Let's drop the subject. • used to say that you accept that somebody else is right when they have disagreed with you or criticized you • These diagrams, however, should serve merely as the point of departure. • (formal) an idea, a theory or an event that is used to start a discussion

• The quotation was directly on point. • Let's stay on point. None of the replies was on point. • relevant and appropriate to a certain subject which is being discussed • I understand what you’re saying—there’s no need to labour the point. • to continue to repeat or explain something that has already been said and understood • In point of fact, Slovakia is also on the list of candidates. • used to say what is true in a situation

• When it comes to the point, Henry Kissinger prevailed. • used when you have to decide something or say what you really think • Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point = sticking point • • a moot point/question (British English, North American English) a matter about which there may be disagreement or confusion • (This was one of the major sticking points in the negotiations. ) • Slovakia´s foreign policy is progressive, more to the point, westward-oriented. • concerning the important or essential issue

• The point is we shouldn't have signed the treaty. • the main or most important idea in something that is said or done • I'll come/get straight to the point. • Please, come to the point we haven´t much time. • to stop talking about unimportant details and say what is most important • I think I missed the point • (= did not understand).

• You have a point • (= your idea is right) • That's beside the point’ • (= not important). • We should have sing that treaty - that's the whole point. • (= the only important fact). • OK, you've made your point! • (= to show your idea is right). • I take your point. • (= understand accept what you are saying)