Meaning of "all we’d been saying seemed to come to a point"?
Hello everyone. I am reading a novel, and I came across this expression. Could you please let me know its meaning?
“It’s a good thing I’m not your type and you’re not mine either,” she said, as we took our seat after the second dance.
I laughed at the maneuver.
“So, I’ll live with it. Let it be my hell.” I was trying to echo her words from last night.
I helped her with her coat. As she turned around and wrapped her shawl over her head, there was a fleeting moment when all we’d been saying seemed to come to a point. She hesitated. “So you’re not going to listen to me, are you?”
- André Aciman, Eight White Nights, Second Night
This is a novel published in the United States of America in 2010. This novel is narrated by the nameless male protagonist who meets Clara at a Christmas party in Manhattan. On the night after the party, they are now speaking in the bar, after singing and dancing.
Here, I wonder what the underlined expression means.
I first thought that it might mean that all the things became clearer... But I am not sure, because I found in the following thesaurus dictionary that similar expressions of "come to a point" can be "die out"... So I am confused.
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/come%20to%20a%20point
Thank you very much for your help.
Top answer
Curious Reader I first thought that it might mean that all the things became clearer. That's my guess, too. 'became clearer' or 'began to make sense'.
- Curious Reader I first thought that it might mean that all the things became clearer.
- That's my guess, too.
- 'became clearer' or 'began to make sense'.
- Curious Reader I found in the following thesaurus dictionary that similar expressions of "come to a point" can be "die out".
- I doubt very much that's the intended meaning in the given context.
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Curious ReaderI first thought that it might mean that all the things became clearer.
That's my guess, too. 'became clearer' or 'began to make sense'.
Curious ReaderI found in the following thesaurus dictionary that similar expressions of "come to a point" can be "die out".
I doubt very much that's the intended mea
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