WordNet
v. emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"
Usage examples of "point up".
To the center of the band that crossed his forehead was affixed a flat piece of gold in the shape of a spearhead with the point up.
Guests speculate that his pre-show ritual of socialisation - a bestowing upon them of his brilliance - is a ploy to point up the disparity between the urbanity of the man and the barbarity of his act, thereby commenting on the dichotomy inherent in the human condition.
What we're going to do is try to make them think you wandered into the forest north of the stream, maybe heading for the point up there.
The man rushed at him, knife held low and point up for a killing stroke.
A journalist, attempting to point up the absolute lack of color in the new official family, asked if any one of them—.
A journalist, attempting to point up the absolute lack of color in the new official family, asked if any one of themfrom Secretary of State to Postmaster-Generalhad ever committed himself publicly on any issue or, in previous positions, had been responsible for a single constructive step in any direction.