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blow-by-blow en · ADJ

Etymology

Probably suggesting a detailed description of a fight or boxing match, where blow means a hit or a landed punch.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Detailing every action or occurrence completely.
   • He gave a blow-by-blow account of the entire trip.
   • In a lapidary style, Qiu Dongping clearly and forcefully describes battlefield actions with simple sentences, giving a blow-by-blow account of successive events with neither understatement nor exaggeration. 2000, Yunzhong Shu, chapter 2, in Buglers on the Home Front: The Wartime Practice of the Qiyue School, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 58:

Translations (10)

es detallado (detailing completely) · fi yksityiskohtainen (detailing completely) · sv detaljerad (detailing completely) · fi pikkutarkka (detailing completely) · ca detallat (detailing completely) · cy o hwrdd i hwrdd (detailing completely) · oc detalhat (detailing completely) · it dettagliato (detailing completely) · de detailliert (detailing completely) · fr détaillé (detailing completely)

blow-by-blow en · NOUN

Etymology

Probably suggesting a detailed description of a fight or boxing match, where blow means a hit or a landed punch.

Meanings

1. An account, description, or commentary including every detail of the action or event.
   • The media published a blow-by-blow of the trial as it happened.

Forms

Translations (1)

fi yksityiskohtainen kuvaus (account including every detail)