abstract nonsense »
Details which involve diagram chasing.
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bury the lead »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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bury the lede »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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devil is in the details »
The specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable.
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fine print »
The details, restrictions, terms, or conditions, especially of a contract, often printed in very small type.
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flesh out »
To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure or skeleton.
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get down to brass tacks »
Deal with the important details.
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hash out »
To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.
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heads or tails »
A game to bet upon a which side of a coin lays face up after it is thrown.
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hold somebody's hand »
To guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details.
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ins and outs »
The details or fine points of something.
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inside joke »
A joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are in the know about the details.
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loose ends »
unresolved details
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on the whole »
For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.
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paint with a broad brush »
To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.
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