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carry one's point

carry one's point verb: to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.

Verb

carry one's point (third-person singular simple present carries one's point, present participle carrying one's point, simple past and past participle carried one's point)

  1. To accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.

Forms of carry one's point

third-person singular presentcarries one's point
present participlecarrying one's point
past participlecarried one's point
pastcarried one's point

Questions about carry one's point

What does carry one's point mean?
Carry one's point means to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.
What part of speech is carry one's point?
Carry one's point is a verb.
What is the past tense of carry one's point?
The past tense of carry one's point is carried one's point.

Words near carry one's point in the dictionary

  1. carry on like a pork chop
  2. carry one's heart on one's sleeve
  3. carry one's heart upon one's sleeve
  4. carry one's own hide to market
  5. carry one's own weight
  6. carry one's point
  7. carry one's weight
  8. carry oneself
  9. carry out
  10. carry out one's bat
  11. carry over

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