Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhibiting great detail.
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- adjective idiomatic
Detailing everyaction oroccurrence completely. - noun idiomatic An
account ,description , orcommentary including every detail of the action orevent .
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- adjective providing great detail
Etymologies
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Examples
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A simple blow-by-blow description of how to operate in that scenario would help me.
Planning For 10.10: Growing Our Translations Community | jonobacon@home 2010
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A blow-by-blow account of my trip with another lawyer to Prague in the Czech Republic;
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I'd barely sparked up my nicotine fix before Al answered back, bless him, and before I knew it, I had blow-by-blow detailed instructions on how to get to Al and Heather's place in Hackney, with alternative routes for simplicity versus scenery, and even a sneaky wee way of getting me into their flat in their absence.
Archive 2010-06-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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You can read the blow-by-blow tale on his own site, but here's a condensed version:
US Airways And Delta Duel Over The Phone For Most Incompetent Airline Ever Award - The Consumerist 2009
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A blow-by-blow account of my trip with another lawyer to Prague in the Czech Republic
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This morning, for example, I was cracking up reading the blow-by-blow "coverage" of yesterday's Republican debate by comedian Andy Borowitz.
Pamela Poole: How Twitter Became My Morning Paper Pamela Poole 2012
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You can read about the week at Stephen Kotowych's excellent blow-by-blow blog entries here.
Writers of the Future Heather McDougal 2009
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You can read about the week at Stephen Kotowych's excellent blow-by-blow blog entries here.
Archive 2009-01-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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This morning, for example, I was cracking up reading the blow-by-blow "coverage" of yesterday's Republican debate by comedian Andy Borowitz.
Pamela Poole: How Twitter Became My Morning Paper Pamela Poole 2012
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Definitely the time the VP of Gvt Relations for Oracle got my profanity-laced blow-by-blow recap of a Temptation Island episode.
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