Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - point out

1. If you point out an object or place, you make people look at it or show them where it is. They kept standing up to take pictures and point things out to each other... They’d already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father’s boat. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 2. If you point out a fact or mistake, you tell someone about it or draw their attention to it. I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures... We all too easily point out our mothers’ failings. PHRASAL VERB: V P that, V P n (not pron)