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chapter and verseAn exact reference or authority: she can give chapter and verse on current legislation...- Crossing the Line is a real eye opener, with the author providing chapter and verse on the personalities in the sport, both human and equine, and the way trainers, jockeys and owners can and do bend the rules.
- Plenty of tourists or visitors will not know the exact titles of the attractions they are looking for, and why should they know chapter and verse?
- Ask a Scotsman, Irishman or Welshman about their patron saint and the odds are they will give you chapter and verse - along with an exaggerated story about what they did on the last St Andrew's, St Patrick's or St David's Day.
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