point
/pɔɪnt/ verb [I or T]Definition
› to show someone the direction that they should go, or what they should do: The figures pointed us in the direction that we should be taking over the next year or so.
point the finger at sb › to accuse someone of being responsible for something bad that has happened: The reports are understood not to point the finger at the group's finance director.
(Definition of point verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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