get the point
English
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get the point (third-person singular simple present gets the point, present participle getting the point, simple past got the point, past participle (UK) got the point or (US) gotten the point)
- (idiomatic) To understand; to interpret correctly.
- He just doesn't get the point that this is not a race.
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- “get the point”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.