OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49274

case in point

/keɪs ɪn pɔɪnt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
buen ejemplo • caso ejemplar / concreto / ilustrativo • ejemplo perfecto • verbigracia oportuno / claro
An example that illustrates a point.
But philosophers inform us that old age is apt to revert to the habits of youth, and Sechard senior is a case in point—the older he grew, the better he loved to drink.
The old Ramsgate Harbour station of the one-time South Eastern Railway was a case in point, as also the stations in the Isle of Wight that you name, such as Ventnor West.
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