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Definition spell out in American English

spell out phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to say or explain something very clearly because someone has not understood something

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It's frustrating when you have to spell everything out for them.

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2

to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order

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Definition spell out in American English