join the dots
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See connect the dots.
Verb
[edit]join the dots (third-person singular simple present joins the dots, present participle joining the dots, simple past and past participle joined the dots)
- Synonym of connect the dots
- 2019 June 30, Philip Oltermann, quoting Sibylle Berg, “German sci-fi fans lap up dystopian tales of Brexit Britain”, in The Guardian[1]:
- “All the technologies I describe in my novel already exist,” she said. “Automised job appraisals, AI-generated scripts, micro-housing, the coupling of surveillance and insurance, the burning council estates: it’s all already here. You just have to look at it and join the dots.”