miss the point

• miss someone's point

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miss the point (third-person singular simple present misses the point, present participle missing the point, simple past and past participle missed the point)

1. To fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance or situation.

   You're supposed to dip the bread in the soup. Eating them separately is missing the point of the meal.

   Do you know what I mean, or are you missing the point?

• “miss the point” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “miss the point” (US) / “miss the point” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “miss the point”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.