go into detail

go into detail(s)

To present, explain, or discuss every aspect of something. I don't want to go into details, but there were a few legal issues that prevented us from participating. I don’t think your essay goes into detail enough about how the three books relate to one another.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go into detail(s)

to give all the details; to present and discuss the details. The clerk went into detail about the product with the customer. I just want a simple answer. Don't go into details.
See also: detail, go
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

go into ˈdetail(s)

explain something fully: I can’t go into details now; it would take too long.
See also: detail, go
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • go into detail(s)
  • learn (something) from the bottom up
  • learn from the bottom up
  • learnt
  • bright side
  • down to (someone or something)
  • down to somebody/something
  • in all things
  • flip side
  • the flip side (of something)
References in periodicals archive
Racing manager Bob Rowe said: "I can't go into detail at the moment as we can't even get into the racing office.
He refused to go into detail about their conversation but said: "Everybody wants to get out of a situation like this."
Nor will they go into detail on lifting barriers to venture capital and innovation.
Granma cited inefficiency and negligence as reasons for the drop in production, but did not go into detail.
Iwon't go into detail but please pass these details on to your readers.
But on returning to Britain after a trip abroad in July last year he was stopped by border agency officers who became suspicious when he was unable to go into detail.
It will also go into detail examining rheological behaviors, the profiles of some commercially successful products, and some hands-on discovery.
Chapters go into detail on how to create simple and not-so-simple stripes in knitting, balancing two colors, creating panels, pictures and plaids, fixing common mistakes, and more.
military before the two countries go into detail about which functions are moved where, according to Matsuzawa.
Martinez refused to go into detail about the incident.
But Robinson does go into detail about two of the most important jobs from the major-combat phase of the war--SCUD-busting in the western Iraqi desert and special reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines.
Though DCX officials refuse to go into detail, they say a second new facility and new Jeep vehicles are on the horizon.
The book unfortunately does not go into detail about the conditions for setting up such a monitoring program, which should be implemented in addition to the monitoring of low birth weight.
He refuses to go into detail because of pending patents but says he's developing way of logging phone calls, a unique form of Caller ID, and a graphical interface for these features.