up to a point

Adverb

Meaning

up to a point (not comparable)

To a certain extent

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Examples

I try to be a good cop. I try to be a good little soldier and follow orders up to a point. But in the end I'm not really a cop, or a soldier. I am a legally sanctioned murderer. I am the Executioner. Laurell K. Hamilton

Repression can only go up to a point. When it becomes too acute, the instruments of repression, namely the army and the police, have been proved time and time again in history to have turned their guns on their masters. Lee Kuan Yew

There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes. Harrison Birtwistle

It's a question of attitude. If you really work at something you can do it up to a point. If you really work at being happy you can do it up to a point. But anything more than that you can't. Anything more than that is luck. Haruki Murakami

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point. Mahatma Gandhi

All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point. George Will

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