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run point

run point verb: synonym of take point (“to assume the first and most exposed position in a formation”). Also the past participle of run point.

Verb

run point (third-person singular simple present runs point, present participle running point, simple past ran point, past participle run point)

  1. Synonym of take point (“to assume the first and most exposed position in a formation”).
    • John hustled to the front and ran point. Three armed Hezbollah men appeared from the barracks to their right. John stopped, planted his feet, and fired from the standing position: pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop.2013, Howard E[ugene] Wasdin, Stephen Templin, Easy Day for the Dead: A SEAL Team Six Outcasts Novel, New York, N.Y. […]: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 194
    Synonyms:
    take point
  2. Synonym of take point (“to assume a key role in an operation”).
    • The administration enlisted a smart, seasoned diplomat, Kurt Volker, to run point on its Ukraine policy.2017 October 4, Antony J. Blinken, “Time for the Trump Administration to Arm Ukraine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
    • Whether he was running point at an Ohio rally or sitting rod-straight with a fixed grimace while Trump went commando at a photo op, the prime minister managed to navigate the circus without getting eaten by the lions.2019 October 2, Peter Lewis, “It infuriates progressives but Australians think our US relationship is more important than who the president is”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...
    Synonyms:
    take point

Also used as

run point is also the past participle of run point.

Synonyms of run point

Forms of run point

third-person singular presentruns point
present participlerunning point
pastran point
past participlerun point

Questions about run point

What does run point mean?
Run point means synonym of take point (“to assume the first and most exposed position in a formation”).
What part of speech is run point?
Run point is a verb.
What is the past tense of run point?
The past tense of run point is ran point.

Words near run point in the dictionary

  1. run out on
  2. run out the clock
  3. run outs
  4. run over
  5. run past
  6. run point
  7. run rampant
  8. run rate
  9. run rates
  10. run rings around
  11. run rings round

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