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miss the point
Idioms and Phrases
Overlook or fail to understand the essential or important part of something, as in Chris missed the point of Gwen's complaint, thinking she was opposed to the date of the next meeting . This expression employs point in the sense of “the salient portion,†a usage dating from the late 1300s.Example Sentences
So, questions about whether too much is expected of him miss the point - he and Ferrari expect that of themselves.
Trump’s supporters have said attempts to cast Trump’s favorite targets as small issues miss the point.
When critics dismiss “Ironic†as made up of a failed set of literal opposites, they miss the point: irony is a rhetorical whirlwind that disrupts language and undermines normativity.
Its many female characters — so many, good, bad and mostly in between — not only demonstrate power, but, so you don’t miss the point, talk about it.
But the idea of handling such a gleeful provocateur with kid gloves seems to somehow miss the point of De Palma’s work.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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