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spelled things out

spelled things out is the simple past and past participle of spell things out.

Meaning of spell things out

Verb

spell things out (third-person singular simple present spells things out, present participle spelling things out, simple past and past participle spelled things out or (chiefly UK) spelt things out)

  1. (intransitive) To provide simple and understandable details.
    • Here is an article that spells things out, so that it is easier to grasp.
    Synonyms:
    spell it out
  2. (intransitive) To be explicit.
    • It used to be that songs could not spell things out, but society is more liberal now.

Questions about spelled things out

What is spelled things out the simple past and past participle of?
Spelled things out is the simple past and past participle of spell things out.

Words near spelled things out in the dictionary

  1. spelled off
  2. spelled one's name
  3. spelled out
  4. spelled sideways
  5. spelled someone's name
  6. spelled things out
  7. speller
  8. spellers
  9. spellfire
  10. spellful
  11. spellican

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spelled things out (page history and authors); spell things out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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