give points to someone—
1. offer an advantage to a contender:
- Does the system give more “points” to an applicant who has a higher level degree?
2. be considerably better than another person:
- She could give points to many younger women and beat them.
Cf.: give point to something—make smth. more effective:
- His clever illustrations certainly gave point to his argument.
make points with someone —(sl.) gain favor with a person:
- I believe this is window dressing for our politicians. They are trying to make points with the electorate…