enlarge upon
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But opportunities to enlarge upon the tragedy, to infuse the musical with some flashes of real personality, are largely missed.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
Tim would enlarge upon these ideas in “Infidel,” his book about Afghanistan.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2011
The novel rehearses many of the ideas of existentialism that Sartre would later enlarge upon in his philosophical treatise Being and Nothingness.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2011
But clever old Clarence Darrow, chief defense counsel, gave his adversary no opportunity to enlarge upon this doubt by putting any of the other eye-witness defendants on the stand.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would be wearisome to the reader to enlarge upon similar experiences, which were of daily occurrence.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick
