blow by blow

blow-by-blow

Very thorough and detailed. 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.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

blow by blow

Described in minute detail, as in Tell me about last night's party, blow by blow. This term originated in radio broadcasts during the 1930s, in which the sportscaster gave a detailed account of each punch struck in a boxing match. It soon was transferred to a detailed account of anything at all.
See also: blow, by
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

blow by blow

Described in minute detail. The term is American and comes from sportscasting, specifically the radio broadcaster’s description of a prizefight (“A left to the body, a right to the chin,” and so on). It dates from the first half of the twentieth century and soon was transferred to similarly explicit accounts of other events, private or public.
See also: blow, by
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • blow-by-blow
  • blow-by-blow account
  • description
  • a blow-by-blow account
  • a blow-by-blow account, description, etc.
  • a blow-by-blow description
  • account
  • by
  • Blow on it!
  • blow over
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Blow By Blow and Delta Work, winners at the Cheltenham Festival in March, are being lined up for a tilt at the Drinmore Novice Chase by Elliott.
THE mini-radios and smartphones will be at the ready tomorrow at all grounds for the blow by blow accounts of how it all unfolds.
Telly Davidson certainly takes us, blow by blow, through the tragedy of 1998-99 that led us to the lethal impasse which the nation suffers today, both in politics and in loss of moral cohesion of society.
The mum of two met a gruesome end at the hands of husband Joe O'Reilly, who played the grieving widower and re-enacted her death blow by blow to her horrified parents.
In the Blow by Blow boxing presentation on television last Sunday, Pacquiao in gleaming blue shirt, was a picture of complete serenity as he delivered a closing inspirational message to aspirant boxers.
In the meantime, the only thing about boxing Pacquiao is into these days is the revival of the TV program Blow by Blow (Reloaded), which is set for a rousing revival tonight at the city gymnasium.
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'Ground Truth' is an oversight into the Afghanistan conflict in 2008, not so much a blow by blow account of a series of battles, as in 3 Para.
If you read Northern Ontario Business you are no doubt the type of individual who has been following this corporate passion play closely, so I'll spare you the blow by blow account.
The first third of the book consists of articles by twelve different authors defending the Pope, explaining the attacks on him and answering them, blow by blow. They point out, especially, that the attackers are often highly biased in advance, that some of them are not qualified to read the literature which is available in several languages, that many of them are ignorant of facts readily available, and that many of them suppress evidence favourable to the Pope.
Take us through your day at Wallenberg, blow by blow!
Cloud People: Reasoned resonances ride/Sky Father's chariot of old/Where blow by blow in weathered skeins/His hoary-haired reside//These Longhairs/Pulse outside themselves there/White one perfume exudes/And one contain things/Like weather charts and satellites/Predicting snows/Protecting shelves what violet never shows/That all the neat little rules are/Garden rows we didn't plant/That all the times we knew the could/We fared the can't//That the seed of things/Was something my eyes could have feigned/'Cept when that finally showed/It fell like rain
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Martin Pipe winner Blow By Blow has been on my radar for the National Hunt Chase for some time and he produced a largely faultless display when winning a 2m61/2f beginners' chase at Galway on Sunday - albeit against inferior opposition.