"score points" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scores points",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoring points",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scored points",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scored points",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "score points (third-person singular simple present scores points, present participle scoring points, simple past and past participle scored points)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, point."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "score",
          "score#English"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He scored points with teachers by promising them higher pay.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Instead of putting forward meaningful proposals, she's just trying to score political points.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To outdo (someone) in an argument, especially by pandering or rhetorical convenience."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "outdo",
          "outdo"
        ],
        [
          "argument",
          "argument"
        ],
        [
          "pander",
          "pander"
        ],
        [
          "rhetorical",
          "rhetorical"
        ],
        [
          "convenience",
          "convenience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, often derogatory) To outdo (someone) in an argument, especially by pandering or rhetorical convenience."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "figuratively",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "score points"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scores points",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoring points",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scored points",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scored points",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "score points (third-person singular simple present scores points, present participle scoring points, simple past and past participle scored points)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, point."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "score",
          "score#English"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He scored points with teachers by promising them higher pay.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Instead of putting forward meaningful proposals, she's just trying to score political points.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To outdo (someone) in an argument, especially by pandering or rhetorical convenience."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "outdo",
          "outdo"
        ],
        [
          "argument",
          "argument"
        ],
        [
          "pander",
          "pander"
        ],
        [
          "rhetorical",
          "rhetorical"
        ],
        [
          "convenience",
          "convenience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, often derogatory) To outdo (someone) in an argument, especially by pandering or rhetorical convenience."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "figuratively",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "score points"
}