Meaning of take point | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To assume the first and most exposed position in a formation in combat; to serve as the lead soldier or unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.
2. To assume a key role in an operation.
   broadly

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Examples

“But unlike the intervention in Libya, where France and Britain took point and America “led from behind”, an intervention in Syria would have to be a mostly American affair, and as such it would be done with massive force from the outset.”

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