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
Grand Hotel gave Producer Thalberg a chance to enlarge upon his system to an extent which other producers hoped would prove a reductio ad absurdum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tessa ran back to her pansies; Mrs. Wadsworth had found a theme to enlarge upon for the next half hour.
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Drinkwater, Jennie M.
