point up

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point up (third-person singular simple present points up, present participle pointing up, simple past and past participle pointed up)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To emphasise or stress; to draw attention to. [from 20th c.]
   • 1989 April 22, Shelley Mains, “A New Lesbian Health Guide That Lowers Your Spirits And Raises Your Blood Pressure”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     Although Alive and Well claims to be a "well-informed, loving guide to lesbian health, both mental and physical," it falls dismally short of the mark and only serves to point up how much lesbians truly need such a volume.

   • 2016, Jonathon Green, Slang: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 12:

     That the OED was forced to define one register, slang, in terms of another, colloquial, points up the problem.