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say it all

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic) To express the essential characteristics of a person, thing, or situation in a concise, well-crafted turn of phrase or in some other pithy manner.

(idiomatic) To convey information implicitly in a non-verbal way.

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Examples

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. Ernie Banks

As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I would almost like to try to say it all in a single word. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time? Karl Pilkington

I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything. Paul McCartney

I am trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period. William Faulkner

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all. Gore Vidal

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