"to the point" meaning in English

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          "text": "Jonathan Ross is shown congratulating her on being “common” and his identifying the elephant in the room is to the point, although the film doesn’t press the point of how that voice just surged up.",
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          "text": "Going for broke, the BRB said that Edinburgh-Aberdeen and Hull-Doncaster-Leeds should be considered [for electrification], along with Plymouth-Penzance and Crewe-Holyhead, all to be in place by 2001. Norman Fowler's reply was short and to the point: Sorry, no.",
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        "Relevant or pertinent; succinct; specific."
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        "(idiomatic) Relevant or pertinent; succinct; specific."
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          "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
          "word": "k věci"
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          "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
          "word": "täyttä asiaa"
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          "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
          "word": "по делу"
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          "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, point."
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          "english": "to a degree",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
      "word": "k věci"
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      "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
      "word": "ter zake"
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      "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
      "word": "täyttä asiaa"
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      "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
      "word": "certeiro"
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      "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
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      "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
      "word": "pongail"
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      "sense": "relevant or pertinent, succinct",
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