point off

British

verb

(tr, adverb) to mark off from the right-hand side (a number of decimal places) in a whole number to create a mixed decimal

point off three decimal places in 12345 and you get 12.345

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This defeat leaves them a point off the top eight, but with tough matches against Inter Milan and away to Marseille to come.

From BBC

If it went to zero, that would knock a full percentage point off.

From The Wall Street Journal

If AI investment stopped growing, that could knock another 0.5 point off growth, Millar estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tariffs knocked nearly a percentage point off MasterBrand’s gross margin in the third quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oxford Economics, for example, estimates the shutdown will shave about a percentage point off fourth-quarter GDP growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

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