a blow-by-blow account

a blow-by-blow account

A very thorough and detailed description of an event or occurrence. I'm so jealous that you get to go to the gala! I'll want a blow-by-blow account when you get home tonight! Don't bore people with a blow-by-blow account that chronicles every minute of your trip—just give them the highlights.
See also: account
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

blow-by-blow account

 and blow-by-blow description
Fig. a detailed description (of an event) given as the event takes place. (This referred originally to reporting on boxing.) I want to listen to a blow-by-blow account of the prizefight. The lawyer got the witness to give a blow-by-blow description of the argument.
See also: account
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

a blow-by-blow account

A blow-by-blow account of an event describes every stage of it in great detail. She wanted a blow-by-blow account of what happened.
See also: account
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a blow-by-blow account

a detailed narrative of events as they happened.
See also: account
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

a ˌblow-by-ˌblow acˈcount, deˈscription, etc.

an account, a description, etc. in which all the details of an event are told in the order in which they happened: He gave us a blow-by-blow account of everything he had done that day.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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"Amchurch" is "shorthand to signify a deeply entrenched, influential, dissident faction within the leadership of the Catholic Church in our country -- among the bishops, the heads of religious orders, college and university administrators, chancery officials, prominent theologians, and university faculty." And this book is a blow-by-blow account of how homosexual Amchurch has become, and of the persons who have brought this about.
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