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sketch out
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sketch out something

to describe something in a general way. Dean sketched out a rough plan of where we should go and what we should see while we were there. The president sent the defense secretary to the Senate today to sketch in details of the program.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of sketch (= to draw quickly and with only a few details)

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