go into detail
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: 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 Angels would not go into detail about Washington’s symptoms, but the manager felt well enough to address his players during a brief team meeting Friday afternoon, and Minasian said Washington would watch Friday night’s game from the GM’s suite.
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Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Yechiel Leiter in a Wednesday interview with CNN expressed confidence in Israel’s ability to destroy Fordow but did not go into detail about whether that would entail U.S. support.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 June 2025
Adams did not go into detail about his treatments, other than saying the anti-parasitic medications ivermectin and fenbendazole did not work for him.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 May 2025
The 34-year-old righty did not go into detail about what the images showed.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
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Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Yechiel Leiter in a Wednesday interview with CNN expressed confidence in Israel’s ability to destroy Fordow but did not go into detail about whether that would entail U.S. support.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 June 2025
Adams did not go into detail about his treatments, other than saying the anti-parasitic medications ivermectin and fenbendazole did not work for him.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 May 2025
The 34-year-old righty did not go into detail about what the images showed.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Go into detail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20into%20detail. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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