make a point of
verb
Roget 720:
contend;
contest,
strive,
struggle,
scramble,
wrestle;
spar,
square;
exchange blows,
exchange fisticuffs;
fib†,
justle†,
tussle,
tilt,
box,
stave,
fence;
skirmish;
pickeer†;
fight
etc.
(war)
722;
wrangle
etc.
(quarrel)
713.
contend with
&c.,
grapple with,
engage with,
close with,
buckle with,
bandy with,
try conclusions with,
have a brush
etc.
n..
with,
tilt with;
encounter,
fall foul of,
pitch into,
clapperclaw†,
run a tilt at;
oppose
etc.
708;
reluct.
join issue,
come to blows,
go to loggerheads,
set to,
come to the scratch,
exchange shots,
measure swords,
meet hand to hand;
take up the cudgels,
take up the glove,
take up the gauntlet;
enter the lists;
couch one's lance;
give satisfaction;
appeal to arms;
etc.
(warfare)
722.
lay about one;
break the peace.
compete with,
cope with,
vie with,
race with;
outvie†,
emulate,
rival;
run a race;
contend for
&c.,
stipulate for,
stickle for;
insist upon,
make a point of.
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Roget 744:
compel,
force,
make,
drive,
coerce,
constrain,
enforce,
necessitate,
oblige.
force upon,
press;
cram down the throat,
thrust down the throat,
force down the throat;
say it must be done,
make a point of,
insist upon,
take no denial;
put down,
dragoon.
extort,
wring from;
squeeze,
put on the squeeze;
put on the screws,
turn on the screw;
drag into;
bind,
bind over;
pin down,
tie down;
require,
tax,
put in force;
commandeer;
restrain
etc.
751.
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Roget 770:
make terms,
come to terms
etc.
(contract)
769;
make it a condition,
stipulate,
insist upon,
make a point of;
bind,
tie up.
Roget 939:
be honorable
etc.
adj.;
deal honorably,
deal squarely,
deal impartially,
deal fairly;
speak the truth
etc.
(veracity)
543;
draw a straight furrow;
tell the truth and shame the Devil,
vitam impendere vero [Lat.];
show a proper spirit,
make a point of;
do one's duty
etc.
(virtue)
944.
redeem one's pledge
etc.
926;
keep one's promise,
be as good as one's promise,
be as good as one's word;
keep faith with,
not fail.
give and take,
audire alteram partem [Lat.],
give the Devil his due,
put the saddle on the right horse.
redound to one's honor.
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Roget 924:
be due
etc.
adj..
to,
be the due
etc.
n..
of;
have right to,
have title to,
have claim to;
be entitled to;
have a claim upon;
belong to
etc.
(property)
780.
deserve,
merit,
be worthy of,
richly deserve.
demand,
claim;
call upon for,
come upon for,
appeal to for;
revendicate†,
reclaim;
exact;
insist on,
insist upon;
challenge;
take one's stand,
make a point of,
require,
lay claim to,
assert,
assume,
arrogate,
make good;
substantiate;
vindicate a claim,
vindicate a right;
fit for,
qualify for;
make out a case.
give a right,
confer a right;
entitle;
authorize
etc.
760;
sanctify,
legalize,
ordain,
prescribe,
allot.
give every one his due
etc.
922;
pay one's dues;
have one's due,
have one's rights.
use a right,
assert,
enforce,
put in force,
lay under contribution.
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Roget 604:
have determination
etc.
n.;
know one's own mind;
be resolved
etc.
adj.;
make up one's mind,
will,
resolve,
determine;
decide
etc.
(judgment)
480;
form a determination,
come to a determination,
come to a resolution,
come to a resolve;
conclude,
fix,
seal,
determine once for all,
bring to a crisis,
drive matters to an extremity;
take a decisive step
etc.
(choice)
609;
take upon oneself
etc.
(undertake)
676.
devote oneself to,
give oneself up to;
throw away the scabbard,
kick down the ladder,
nail one's colors to the mast,
set one's back against the wall,
set one's teeth,
put one's foot down,
take one's stand;
stand firm
etc.
(stability)
150;
steel oneself;
stand no nonsense,
not listen to the voice of the charmer.
buckle to;
buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel,
lay one's shoulder to the wheel,
set one's shoulder to the wheel;
put one's heart into;
run the gauntlet,
make a dash at,
take the bull by the horns;
rush in medias res,
plunge in medias res;
go in for;
insist upon,
make a point of;
set one's heart upon,
set one's mind upon.
stick at nothing,
stop at nothing;
make short work of
etc.
(activity)
682;
not stick at trifles;
go all lengths,
go the limit [Slang],
go the whole hog;
persist
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
go through fire and water,
ride the tiger,
ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm.
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