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spell out
verb
to make clear, distinct, or explicit; clarify in detail
let me spell out the implications
to read laboriously or with difficulty, working out each word letter by letter
to discern by study; puzzle out
Idioms and Phrases
Make plain, clarify, as in We asked her to spell out her objectives . [c. 1940]
Read slowly and laboriously, as in He was only six but he managed to spell out the instructions . [Early 1800s]
Puzzle out, manage to understand with some effort, as in It took years before anyone could spell out the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone . [Late 1600s] All three usages transfer spell in the sense of “proceed letter by letter.”
Example Sentences
Yet I spelled out the two-part criteria for defining cases, qualifying them as “extraordinary evidence” and opening myself to a decisive refutation.
The following evening, while a drone show spelled out MGX above the sea, World Liberty began issuing the USD1 for the deal.
The Office for Budget Responsibility will be expected to spell out in detail why any downgrade has occurred, when it publishes its forecast at next month's Budget.
"Five Year Plans spell out what China wants to achieve, signal the direction the leadership wants to go in and move the resources of the state towards these predefined conclusions," he adds.
Arends looked back at the history of broad stock-market declines to spell out risks to index-fund investors, who might only be thinking about the low expenses and strong performance they have enjoyed in recent years.
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