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put too fine a point on

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put too fine a point on something
Fig. to make too much out of something; to dwell overly long on a small detail of a complaint or argument. (Usually with not. Formal or stilted.) Not to put too fine a point on it, but did you really mean to say that Paul was the former secretary of the organization? Wasn't he the corresponding secretary? When he said that everyone was angry, he put too fine a point on it.
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