miss the point

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English

Alternative forms

miss someone's point

Pronunciation

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Verb

miss the point (third-person singular simple present misses the point, present participle missing the point, simple past and past participle missed the point)

To fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance or situation.
You're supposed to dip the bread in the soup. Eating them separately is missing the point of the meal.

Do you know what I mean, or are you missing the point?

Translations

fail to grasp the meaning

Chinese:
Mandarin: 沒有抓住要點／没有抓住要点 (méiyǒu zhuāzhù yàodiǎn)
Finnish: ei käsittää, ei ymmärtää asian ydintä, ei tajuta pointtia (colloquial)
French: ne pas comprendre, être à côté de la plaque
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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Polish: nie rozumieć impf, nie zrozumieć pf
Spanish: malinterpretar (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

“miss the point” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“miss the point” (US) / “miss the point” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“miss the point”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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