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Points

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Armed at all points. “Armé de toutes pièces,” or “Armé jusquʹ aux dents.” “Armed at all points exactly cap-à-pie.”

To stand on points. On punctilios; delicacy of behaviour.

“This fellow doth not stand upon points.”—Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream, v. 1.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.