- miss the point
- not understand, not get the point
I missed the point of his remark. Do you know what he meant?
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miss the point
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miss the point — {v. phr.} To be unable to comprehend the essence of what was meant. * /The student didn t get a passing grade on the exam because, although he wrote three pages, he actually missed the point./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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