point up


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to emphasize, esp by identifying: he pointed up the difficulties we would encounter

Words Nearby point up

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use point up in a sentence

  • He seized the scrawny neck and pulled her to him, bringing the Bowie knife's point up against her throat.

    Shaman | Robert Shea
  • A triangular shape swings point up half-way between the Deck and the signal-yard of the New York.

  • But she felt unwilling to give this point up, unless Jack absolutely put his foot down with regard to it.

    Dodo's Daughter | E. F. Benson
  • And wife-desertion was no felony; he had looked that point up.

    Ladies and Gentlemen  | Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
  • Beorn had cached a canoe at the mouth of the Forbidden River, and therefore would reach the point up-stream from the northward.

    Murder Point | Coningsby Dawson

Other Idioms and Phrases with point up

point up

Emphasize, draw attention to, as in Her comments point up the need for more security at the store. [First half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.