To gain an advantage or accomplish a purpose against opposition.

simple past tense and past participle of four-point

(transitive) To restrain (a prisoner or patient, etc.) on a bed or trolley with cuffs at both wrists and both ankles.

present participle of four-point

(business, finance) A difficult or challenging aspect of something.

(tennis) The awarding of a point for a player's opponent, as a result of infringement of the rules, e.g. foul language or time violation

(programming) Any point during a computer program's execution at which it is guaranteed that all side effects of previous evaluations will have been performed, and no side effects from subsequent evaluations have yet been performed.

(fluid dynamics) A point in a flow field where the local velocity of the fluid is zero.

Something at which someone is substandard

Alternative spelling of labour the point