expound

Related to expound: hermetically

expound (up)on (someone or something)

To talk about or explain someone or something in detail. Please expound on Claire to me because I can't understand some of the wacky things she's done. I had to expound upon my thesis proposal, but the professor did eventually approve my topic.
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expound (up)on (someone or something) to (someone or something)

To talk about or explain someone or something in detail. Please expound on Claire to me because I can't understand some of the wacky things she's done. I had to expound upon my thesis proposal, but the professor did eventually approve my topic.
See also: expound
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

expound

((up)on someone or something) (to someone) to speak at length about someone or something to someone. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) Let me expound upon Tom to you for a while. I think you need all the details on his qualifications. Please do not expound on Bill anymore.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • expound (up)on (someone or something)
  • expound (up)on (someone or something) to (someone or something)
  • explain (someone or something) to (one)
  • explain to
  • crackpot
  • tabbacky
  • wacky-tabbacky
  • wacky-tobacky
  • fruit
  • fruiter
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