go into detail
idiom
: to discuss or describe everything about something including the small or unimportant parts
The newspaper reports went into (great) detail about his political background.
I will try to tell the story without going into too much detail.
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The initiative does not go into detail about what types of expenditures would be considered part of providing patient care.
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Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The letters don’t go into detail about U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s rationale for not seeking the death penalty.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Organizers did not go into detail but said the cancellation was done to preserve the long-term health of both the event and the charitage organization behind it.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
More specifics on what's called 'the Disneyland of gas stations'
Laine didn’t go into detail on the site plan but shared a conceptual image which showed an approximately 74,000-square-foot retail building with 120 gas pumps ― 60 kiosks with a pump on each side ― on about 27 acres of land.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The letters don’t go into detail about U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s rationale for not seeking the death penalty.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Organizers did not go into detail but said the cancellation was done to preserve the long-term health of both the event and the charitage organization behind it.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
More specifics on what's called 'the Disneyland of gas stations'
Laine didn’t go into detail on the site plan but shared a conceptual image which showed an approximately 74,000-square-foot retail building with 120 gas pumps ― 60 kiosks with a pump on each side ― on about 27 acres of land.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for go into detail
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“Go into detail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20into%20detail. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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