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idiompoints► get brownie pointsscore points off sbto make someone seem unintelligent or wrong, or make yourself seem better than they are, especially by saying something clever:The meeting was useful because people didn't try to score points off each other - each suggestion was welcomed, not criticized.When there's too much of a product on the market, a company's advertising is used to score points off its competitors.point-scoring: The important thing now is not point-scoring but negotiating.score points with sbto do something that makes other people approve of or like you:I picked a fight with another student to try and score points with my friends.The airline was one of the first to score points with passengers by banning smoking on all domestic flights. (redirected from points)
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