in broad strokes

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in broad strokes also with broad strokes

in a general way, without giving details Mostly, he talked in broad strokes about how his faith supports him every day.

Etymology: based on the idea of painting with broad strokes (wide marks made with a wide brush)

See also: broad, stroke

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Focusing on the human evolution and the wars that cause so much suffering, Marchant paints in broad strokes and hopes to give readers much to ponder. The Looking House by Internet Bookwatch This is the sort of book Denis Johnson does best, where each character's motivations are laid out in plain sight and they act in broad strokes until everyone hits a wall and incontrovertible truth is revealed: if you shoot a scary guy in the kneecap on the side of a highway, it's probably going to come back to you. Denis Johnson Nobody Move (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) by Hockley-Smith, Sam / The Fader Everyone talks with a northern accent and performances tend to be given in broad strokes, even with a Shakespearean tragedy like Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet/ Liverpool Playhouse; Culture Diary THEATRE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			in an ivory tower in and of itself in any case in any event in any shape or form in any way, shape, or form in apple-pie order in arrears in at the kill in awe in backyard in bad in bad faith in bad shape in bad sorts in bad taste in bed with in behalf of in birthday suit in black and white in blood in blossom in book in brief in broad daylight in broad strokes in bulk in business in cahoots in care of in case in case of in character in charge in charge (of in check in chorus in close quarters in clover in clutches in cold blood in cold storage in concert in conclusion in condition in confidence in connection with in consequence in consideration of in contact in contempt			In Black and White In Black and White in black books in black books in black books in black books in black books In blank In blank in blood in blood in blood in blood in blood In Blood We Trust In Bloom In blossom In blossom in bold relief In Bond in bones in bones in bones in book in both ears in brief in brief in brief in brief in broad daylight in broad strokes In Building Service Provider in bulk in bulk in bulk in bulk in bulk In Business In Business for Neighbourhoods In Business on Your Own Account In Cahoots in calf in calf in calf In Call Modification in camera in camera in camera in camera In camera (legal) In camera (legal) In car entertainment in care in care of in care of in case in case in case in case in case in case of

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