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/skɔː(r)/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | score |
| he/she/it | scores |
| present participle | scoring |
| past tense | scored |
| past participle | scored |
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score points
to gain an advantage over other people, especially by saying or doing something that makes a particular person or group of people like youscore points with:He scored points with teachers by proposing shorter working hours.
score points against/off/over:He clearly scored political points off the Chancellor.
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