to quote chapter and verse

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• quote (someone) chapter and verse — give/quote (someone) chapter and verse to give exact information about something, especially something in a book. The strength of the book is that when it makes accusations it gives chapter and verse, often backed up by photographic evidence. I… …   New idioms dictionary

• chapter and verse — When you know something very well, and can quote it, you know it chapter and verse …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• chapter and verse — all the facts. I know all about it, chapter and verse. Usage notes: often used with the verbs give, quote, or recite : She can recite chapter and verse about her problems with insurance companies. Etymology: based on the idea that proof of an… …   New idioms dictionary

• give (someone) chapter and verse — give/quote (someone) chapter and verse to give exact information about something, especially something in a book. The strength of the book is that when it makes accusations it gives chapter and verse, often backed up by photographic evidence. I… …   New idioms dictionary

• verse — n. 1) to compose, write; recite verse(s) 2) to scan verse 3) free; heroic; macaronic; rhymed, rhyming; unrhymed verse 4) in verse 5) (misc.) to cite/give/quote chapter and verse ( to indicate one s sources very precisely ) * * * [vɜːs] heroic… …   Combinatory dictionary

• chapter — n. 1) a closing; introductory, opening chapter 2) a chapter about, on 3) (misc.) a closed chapter in one s life ( smt. that belongs to the past ); to quote chapter and verse ( to cite an exact source ) * * * [ tʃæptə] introductory on opening… …   Combinatory dictionary

• verse — noun 1 (C) a set of lines that forms one part of a song: Let s sing the last verse again. compare chorus 1 (1) 2 (C) a set of lines of poetry that forms one part of a poem, and that usually has a pattern that is repeated in the other parts: Learn …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• chapter — chap|ter W1S3 [ˈtʃæptə US ər] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: chapitre, from Late Latin capitulum, from Latin caput head ] 1.) one of the parts into which a book is divided ▪ Read Chapter 11 as your homework. ▪ This chapter discusses… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chapter — noun (C) 1 IN A BOOK one of the parts into which a book is divided: I ve only read as far as Chapter 5. 2 PERIOD a particular period or event in someone s life or in history (+ of): That summer an important chapter of my life came to an end. 3… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• quote — v 1. cite, call to mind, instance, adduce, cite a particular or particulars, give an example, cite chapter and verse; repeat, recite, retell, run over, say again, reproduce, duplicate, repeat word for word or verbatim; excerpt, extract, select a… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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