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idiomscore 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.
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