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in detail

Idioms  
  1. With close attention to particulars; thoroughly. For example, She explained her theory in detail. It is also put as go into detail, meaning “to investigate thoroughly,” as in You know what I mean, so I needn't go into detail. The first expression dates from about 1600, the second from the late 1800s.


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Before listening to the arguments in detail, the Court of Appeal judges must decide whether the grounds justify granting Patterson leave to challenge her conviction at all.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The feature-length archival documentaries Mr. Doherty describes in detail in his book are “not high-profile titles”—it would take years for the techniques they pioneered to be perfected.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Describe such critiques to me in detail, without judging them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The finder must also provide an affidavit stating when and where the property was found and describing it in detail.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

His schemes, until then unknown to us in detail, always dealt with groups of three bases, hydrogen-bonded in the middle, many of which we now knew to be in the wrong tautomeric forms.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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