score points

score points (third-person singular simple present scores points, present participle scoring points, simple past and past participle scored points)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score,‎ point.
2. (figurative, often derogatory) To outdo (someone) in an argument, especially by pandering or rhetorical convenience.

   He scored points with teachers by promising them higher pay.

   Instead of putting forward meaningful proposals, she's just trying to score political points.

• “score points”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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