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Definition of point man in English: point mannoun 1The soldier at the head of a patrol; the leader of an armed force. Example sentencesExamples - I could take a contract that does not require me to be at the sharp end as point man in an infantry section.
- Often the casualty is the point man, closest to the enemy.
- Perez, the point man for the lead squad, and therefore the most exposed member of the platoon, came under the majority of these fires.
- Neither field marshal nor platoon leader should be point man.
- After a while, the point man found signs that enemy soldiers were in the area.
- C Rich Braham is the point man in the struggles of the interior offensive line.
- 1.1North American (especially in a political context) a person at the forefront of an activity or endeavour.
Olson was the defence department's point man when the government recently changed pension legislation Example sentencesExamples - As point man for the project, Bostock is probing everything from check-ins to departures for signs of waste - both ‘waste of thought, waste of effort,’ he said.
- As the point man for modernism, Manet suffers the most.
- He often was the administration's point man when students occupied Old Main offices to protest policies related to the Vietnam War.
- Among other things, this means he's the point man for congressional investigations of governmental misdeeds.
- He has really been the point man for the Bush administration.
- This is, of course, exactly his role in the politician's overall team - to act as a point man for the heat.
- Just a short while ago I spoke with the point man for the president's economic agenda, the U.S. treasury secretary, John Snow.
- The point man for the extreme right in Congress went on to say he was God's instrument for promoting a ‘biblical world view’ in American politics.
- He's the point man on the president's team on the economy.
- Now he's the point man for an audacious expansion plan.
- So for lack of a better word, I became the point man, so people could come to me and we could get them organised.
- Lindsey has also been the administration's point man in dealing with America's leading CEOs and has been acutely conscious of the gravity of the country's high tech meltdown.
- He'll be the point man for the magazine, representing us at trade shows.
- At home, Mbeki is usually hailed as a point man for peace in Africa.
- You're trying to give advice and listen to his concerns, then turn around and be the person who's the point man on the negotiations.
- In addition to being the department's point man for judicial selection, he will have major responsibility for developing its priorities.
- First they wanted the address and home telephone number of a man suspected of being the GIA's point man in Britain, almost certainly so they could bug him.
- Lord Falconer, the government's ID card point man, keeps talking about how the majority of responses have been positive (they've had over 1500 so far).
- Now it appears the party chairman is the only well placed point man willing to speak.
- As the Christian right's point man on Capitol Hill, Perkins now has patrons including the majority leaders of both chambers of Congress.
Definition of point man in US English: point mannounˈpɔɪnt ˌmæn 1The soldier at the head of a patrol. Example sentencesExamples - After a while, the point man found signs that enemy soldiers were in the area.
- Neither field marshal nor platoon leader should be point man.
- I could take a contract that does not require me to be at the sharp end as point man in an infantry section.
- C Rich Braham is the point man in the struggles of the interior offensive line.
- Often the casualty is the point man, closest to the enemy.
- Perez, the point man for the lead squad, and therefore the most exposed member of the platoon, came under the majority of these fires.
- 1.1North American (especially in a political context) a person at the forefront of an activity or endeavor.
Olson was the defense department's point man when the government recently changed pension legislation Example sentencesExamples - Lindsey has also been the administration's point man in dealing with America's leading CEOs and has been acutely conscious of the gravity of the country's high tech meltdown.
- As point man for the project, Bostock is probing everything from check-ins to departures for signs of waste - both ‘waste of thought, waste of effort,’ he said.
- Just a short while ago I spoke with the point man for the president's economic agenda, the U.S. treasury secretary, John Snow.
- He often was the administration's point man when students occupied Old Main offices to protest policies related to the Vietnam War.
- He has really been the point man for the Bush administration.
- Lord Falconer, the government's ID card point man, keeps talking about how the majority of responses have been positive (they've had over 1500 so far).
- First they wanted the address and home telephone number of a man suspected of being the GIA's point man in Britain, almost certainly so they could bug him.
- As the Christian right's point man on Capitol Hill, Perkins now has patrons including the majority leaders of both chambers of Congress.
- He's the point man on the president's team on the economy.
- He'll be the point man for the magazine, representing us at trade shows.
- Among other things, this means he's the point man for congressional investigations of governmental misdeeds.
- Now it appears the party chairman is the only well placed point man willing to speak.
- At home, Mbeki is usually hailed as a point man for peace in Africa.
- This is, of course, exactly his role in the politician's overall team - to act as a point man for the heat.
- The point man for the extreme right in Congress went on to say he was God's instrument for promoting a ‘biblical world view’ in American politics.
- You're trying to give advice and listen to his concerns, then turn around and be the person who's the point man on the negotiations.
- In addition to being the department's point man for judicial selection, he will have major responsibility for developing its priorities.
- So for lack of a better word, I became the point man, so people could come to me and we could get them organised.
- Now he's the point man for an audacious expansion plan.
- As the point man for modernism, Manet suffers the most.
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