scoring points
Gaining game credit
Scoring points is earning credit or advantage, especially in arguments or social situations rather than sports.
The phrase often carries a dismissive tone, suggesting someone cares more about winning than substance: He's not trying to solve the problem—he's just scoring points.
In politics, scoring points means landing attacks that play well publicly regardless of merit.
- racking upAccumulating in quantity
- basketWoven carrying vessel
- goalDesired end result
- free throwUncontested penalty basket attempt
- tallyRecorded count
touchdown · totaling · accumulating · adding · achievement · flush · nibs · count · ace · muggins · home run · strike · moral victory · penalty kick · run · notching · pegging · tries
scoring pointslosing credibility
losing face · shooting oneself in the foot · backfiring · putting one's foot in one's mouth
score, scoring, scores, scored, scorer, scorers, point, points, pointed