spell sth out
— phrasal verb with spell uk/spel/us/spel/verb
to explain something in a very clear way with details:
The government has so far refused to spell out its plans/policies.
informal What do you mean you don't understand - do I have to spell it out for you?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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