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spell_things_out

spell things out

English

Verb

spell things out (third-person singular simple present spells things out, present participle spelling things out, simple past and past participle spelled things out)

  1. (intransitive) To provide simple and understandable details.
    Here is an article that spells things out, so that it is easier to grasp.
  2. (intransitive) To be explicit.
    It used to be that songs could not spell things out, but it is more liberal now.

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