run point

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1. (military) Synonym of take point (“to assume the first and most exposed position in a formation”).
   • 2013, Howard E[ugene] Wasdin, Stephen Templin, Easy Day for the Dead: A SEAL Team Six Outcasts Novel, New York, N.Y. […]: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 194:

     John hustled to the front and ran point. Three armed Hezbollah men appeared from the barracks to their right. John stopped, planted his feet, and fired from the standing position: pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop.

2. Synonym of take point (“to assume a key role in an operation”).
   • 2017 October 4, Antony J. Blinken, “Time for the Trump Administration to Arm Ukraine”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-16:

     The administration enlisted a smart, seasoned diplomat, Kurt Volker, to run point on its Ukraine policy.

   • 2019 October 2, Peter Lewis, “It infuriates progressives but Australians think our US relationship is more important than who the president is”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-05:

     Whether he was running point at an Ohio rally or sitting rod-straight with a fixed grimace while Trump went commando at a photo op, the prime minister managed to navigate the circus without getting eaten by the lions.

run point

1. past participle of run point