write of (someone or something)
write of (someone or something)
To discuss someone or something in one's writing. In her latest novel, Ms. Evans writes of the despair that can follow us when we lose someone in whom we have invested our very self-worth. I was pleased to no end when you wrote of making several new friends at the university.
See also: of, write
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
write of someone or something
to write about the general topic of someone or something. He wrote of the beauty of nature and the way we are destroying it. She wrote of Henry, her ancient house cat.
See also: of, write
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- attend to
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- be/have done with somebody/something
- bargain
- bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
- brief (someone) about (someone or something)
- brief about