strain a point (English, verb)
expansion: strain a point (third-person singular simple present strains a point, present participle straining a point, simple past and past participle strained a point)
Senses:
glosses: To make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: strains a point
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: straining a point
tags: participle
present
form: strained a point
tags: participle
past
form: strained a point
tags: past