more to the point

idiom

: more importantly

If you drive while drunk, you could lose your license, but even more to the point, you could kill someone.

Examples of more to the point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But more to the point: other countries are not accepting this tradeoff between health and prosperity, and there is no reason the United States should either. —Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2020

And more to the point, when should the lab experiment be treated—legally and ethically—as human? —Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024

The general nature of these seizures refers more to the point of origin than signs and symptoms. —Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 19 July 2024

But more to the point, the summit gives Democrats some runway to make the case to Biden’s core spine of advisers that this situation is not sustainable for the party. —Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 July 2024