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1. make a point, make sureverb

   make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

   Synonyms:
   make sure

How to use make a point in a sentence?

1. Tom Jennings:

   I believe [ the SLA ] saw themselves as kind of a modern-day Robin Hood organization where they are literally going to rob from the rich to give to the poor, their original demand was 70 dollars of groceries for every person on welfare in the state of California in 1974. And somebody ran the math and said, ‘ Well, that’s 400 million dollars. ’ Even for someone like Patty Hearst, that’s not an amount he could come up with. He came up with the first $ 2 million and they demanded more … This demand of food for the people, that’s when Patty started to turn in her tapes … It’s in my opinion they were trying to make a point … The point was you’re rich, many people are poor. They deserve to have a decent quality of life. And you’re the one who’s going to pay for that by giving them food.

2. Mary Lou Marzian:

   That would also be to make a point. It will not go anywhere.

3. Mary Hirsch:

   Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   I have never consciously boasted myself but from hereon I make a point not to even unconsciously undermine or degrade myself!

5. Brian Gatter:

   Our main goal is to start a healthy and peaceful dialogue, rather than to keep this a one-sided conversation, one of the things we want to stress the most with this movement is that this is not a protest against the military or the flag, this is about how we treat each other as human beings. We don't need to reduce people down in order to make a point. We can have a good dialogue, even if we don't agree with each other.

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