Meaning of point up | Babel Free

Definitions

To emphasise or stress; to draw attention to.

idiomatic, transitive

Examples

“Although Alive and Well claims to be a "well-informed, loving guide to lesbian health, both mental and physical," it falls dismally short of the mark and only serves to point up how much lesbians truly need such a volume.”

“That the OED was forced to define one register, slang, in terms of another, colloquial, points up the problem.”

CEFR level