sketch sth out
— phrasal verb with sketch uk/sketʃ/us/sketʃ/verb [ I or T ]
C2 to give a short description of something, containing few details:
She sketched out the plan in a few brief sentences.
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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