score points
English
editVerb
editscore points (third-person singular simple present scores points, present participle scoring points, simple past and past participle scored points)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, point.
- (figurative, often derogatory) To outdo (someone) in an argument, especially by pandering or rhetorical convenience.
- He scored points with teachers by promising them higher pay.
- Instead of putting forward meaningful proposals, she's just trying to score political points.
Further reading
edit- “score points”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.