expand (up)on (something)
expand (up)on (something)
To discuss a topic in more detail. This is such an important point that I'd like you to expand upon it when you revise your paper.
See also: expand
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
expand (up)on something
and enlarge (up)on somethingFig. to add detail to a report about something; to say more about something. Would you please expand upon that last remark? Would you care to enlarge upon your remarks?
See also: expand, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- expand on
- puff out
- puff up
- elaborate
- elaborate on
- elaborate on (someone or something)
- take the ball and run (with it)
- take the ball and run with it
- pick up the ball and run with it
- increase by