point up

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Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Toemphasiseorstress; to draw attention to.[from 20th c.]1989April 22, Shelley Mains, “A New Lesbian Health Guide That Lowers Your Spirits And Raises Your Blood Pressure”, inGay Community News, page 8:AlthoughAlive and Wellclaims to be a "well-informed, loving guide to lesbian health, both mental and physical," it falls dismally short of the mark and only serves topoint uphow much lesbians truly need such a volume.2016,Jonathon Green,Slang: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page12:That theOEDwas forced to define one register,slang, in terms of another,colloquial,points upthe problem.

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