join the dots

Meanings

verbjoin the dots (third-person singular simple present joins the dots, present participle joining the dots, simple past and past participle joined the dots)

present singular third person joins the dots · participle present joining the dots · participle past joined the dots · past joined the dots

Synonym of connect the dots.
“All the technologies I describe in my novel already exist,” she said. “Automised job appraisals, AI-generated scripts, micro-housing, the coupling of surveillance and insurance, the burning council estates: it’s all already here. You just have to look at it and join the dots.”
2019 June 30, Philip Oltermann, quoting Sibylle Berg, “German sci-fi fans lap up dystopian tales of Brexit Britain”, in The Guardian
Synonyms: connect the dots