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up to a point
up to a point
To some extent, somewhat, as in I can work weekends up to a point, but after a month or so I get tired of it. This phrase uses point in the sense of "a definite position." [Early 1800s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Taha | | - | Arabic |
| Louis | | loo-EE (French), LOO-is (English) | French, English, Dutch |
| Zoticus | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| Petar | | - | Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian |
| AimÉ | | e-ME | French |
| Renate | | re-NAH-tə (German), rə-NAH-tə (Dutch) | German, Dutch, Norwegian |