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put in a nutshell

VERB

abbreviate

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abridge compress

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abstract clip condense contract cut digest encapsulate pare prune reduce summarize trim

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boil down cut back cut down cut off cut out get to the meat take out

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expand extend increase

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enlarge lengthen strengthen

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amplify

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condense

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compress curtail shorten summarize thicken

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abbreviate chop coagulate compact concentrate constrict contract cut decoct digest edit encapsulate epitomize inventory precipitate reduce shrink snip solidify sum summate telescope trim

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blue pencil boil down cut down densen press together précis synopsize

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extend increase lengthen

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amplify develop enlarge expand grow loosen open stretch thin

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digest

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abbreviate abstract classify codify compress condense cut decrease epitomize inventory nutshell reduce shorten sum summarize summate survey systematize tabulate trim

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boil down cut down cut to bone get to the meat methodize sum up synopsize

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add amplify develop disorganize enlarge expand extend fill grow increase lengthen raise strengthen

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detail misunderstand

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shorten

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abbreviate compress curtail cut cut back cut down lessen minimize reduce shrink slash trim

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abridge bob chop clip condense contract dock edit elide excerpt lop retrench snip

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blue pencil boil down cut to the bone make a long story short

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develop enlarge expand extend grow increase lengthen raise strengthen stretch

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amplify elongate

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simplify

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clarify cut down facilitate reduce shorten streamline

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abridge analyze chasten decipher disentangle disinvolve elucidate explain interpret order unscramble

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boil down break down break it down clean it up clean up clear up cut the frills draw a picture get down to basics get to the meat hit the high spots lay out let daylight in let sunlight in make clear make perfectly clear make plain put one straight spell out

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grow increase

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be vague confuse mix up mystify obscure

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complicate make difficult

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summarize

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compile encapsulate epitomize outline recap rehash sum up

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abridge abstract cipher condense cut digest inventory pare prune recapitulate retrograde review shorten skim snip sum summate trim

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boil down cut back cut down get to meat give main points précis run down run through synopsize

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add enlarge expand increase lengthen

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break down

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sum up

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epitomize examine sum

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close conclude condense digest estimate get the measure of inventory recapitulate review size up synopsize total

VERB

trim

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clip curtail cut cut back cut down mow pare prune shave shear shorten whittle down

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abbreviate barber bob crop dock edit lop plane snip tidy truncate

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blue pencil boil down even up pare down slice off

Antonyms

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increase lengthen

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expand

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develop let grow

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Representing both sacred and profane forms of intoxication, these sculptures by Kesang Lamdark put in a nutshell the main themes of “Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond,” the Rubin’s first foray into exhibiting contemporary art.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2010

If civilization could be put in a nutshell, the neat result might well resemble Mandoa, Mandoa!

From Time Magazine Archive

You put in a nutshell the feeling and emotions I can only convey, and even then with difficulty, to my doctors, my family and my friends.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Love, love," retorted the Dominie, "all the love those people have in their lives you could put in a nutshell."

From Tess of the Storm Country by White, Grace Miller

To put in a nutshell what I mean, people in paying court to Regulus are copying the example he set.

From Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 by Firth, John Benjamin

put in a nutshell

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