take the point

present singular third person takes the point · participle present taking the point · past took the point · participle past taken the point · alternative take someone's point · alternative take your point · alternative take one's point · alternative take my point · alternative take point of

1. idiomaticTo agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.

   "Then," said Mr Mifflin, cordially, "say no more. I take your point. My objections are removed."

   1914, P. G. Wodehouse, “Deep Waters”, in The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

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   Wading through the apparent sarcasm, we can take his point that the "badness" common to popular music as a whole is not excused by the small amount of it that is notably good.

   2002, Richard D. Leppert, “Commentary: Music and Mass Culture,”, in Essays on Music, →ISBN, page 345

2. idiomaticTo grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.

   I take your point well enough, but mayn't you be after all quite wrong?

   1900, Henry James, Mrs. Medwin

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   "I played 'em off one against the other," said my uncle. I took his point in an instant. He had gone to each of them in turn and said the others had come in.

   1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 5, in Tono-Bungay

   Synonyms: get the point, the point, point taken