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to flesh out
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to expand upon or look deeper into a topic or idea. The expression is NOT "to flush out"
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All right.
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Idiomatic in familiar speech as a detached phrase in the sense, "Agreed," or "Go ahead." In other uses better avoided. Always written as two words.
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compare to(strunk and white)
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is to point out or imply resemblances, between objects regarded as essentially of different order
Thus life has been compared to a pilgrimage, to a drama, to a battle; |
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compare with
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to compare with is mainly to point out differences, between objects regarded as essentially of the same order
Congress may be compared with the British Parliament |
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due to
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Incorrectly used for through, because of, or owing to, in adverbial phrases: "He lost the first game, due to carelessness." In correct use related as predicate or as modifier to a particular noun: "This invention is due to Edison;" "losses due to preventable fires."
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