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scores points

scores points is the third-person singular simple present indicative of score points.

Meaning of score points

Verb

score points (third-person singular simple present scores points, present participle scoring points, simple past and past participle scored points)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, point.
  2. (derogatory, figuratively, often) To outdo (someone) in an argument, especially by pandering or rhetorical convenience.
    • He scored points with teachers by promising them higher pay.

Questions about scores points

What is scores points the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scores points is the third-person singular simple present indicative of score points.

Words near scores points in the dictionary

  1. scorers
  2. scores
  3. scores off
  4. scores on oneself
  5. scores out
  6. scores points
  7. scores through
  8. Scoresby
  9. Scoresby Sound
  10. Scoresbys
  11. scoresheet

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