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	Pronounced	Usage
Lilibet	-	English
MÜNİR	-	Turkish
Jemmy	JEM-ee	English
Larysa	-	Ukrainian
Tetty	TET-ee	English (Archaic)
Xavier	ZAY-vee-ər (English), ZAY-vyər (English), ig-ZAY-vee-ər (English), za-VYE (French), sha-VYER (Portuguese)	English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)