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take someone's point

take someone's point is the alternative form of take the point.

Meaning of take the point

Verb

take the point (third-person singular simple present takes the point, present participle taking the point, simple past took the point, past participle taken the point)

  1. (idiomatic) To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.
    • "Then," said Mr Mifflin, cordially, "say no more. I take your point. My objections are removed."1914, P. G. Wodehouse, “Deep Waters”, in The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
  2. (idiomatic) To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.
    • I take your point well enough, but mayn't you be after all quite wrong?1900, Henry James, Mrs. Medwin
    Synonyms:
    get the point, the point, point taken

Forms of take someone's point

third-person singular presenttakes someone's point
present participletaking someone's point
pasttook someone's point
past participletaken someone's point

Questions about take someone's point

What is take someone's point the alternative form of?
Take someone's point is the alternative form of take the point.

Words near take someone's point in the dictionary

  1. take someone's head off
  2. take someone's life
  3. take someone's name in vain
  4. take someone's part
  5. take someone's place
  6. take someone's point
  7. take someone's word for it
  8. take something as it comes
  9. take something as read
  10. take something in one's stride
  11. take something in stride

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