expand on/upon

phrasal verb

expanded on/upon; expanding on/upon; expands on/upon

: to speak or write about (something) in a more complete or detailed way : elaborate on

She declined to expand on her earlier statement.

Please expand on that idea.

Researchers will expand upon their data in a new study.

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In the House, Republicans will seek to expand on their seven-seat majority, while Democrats hope to reverse their narrow loss of the chamber in 2022. —

The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 Barkan, communicating through a speech generating device, asked Harris to expand on her cooking enthusiasms. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024 What Has Mayor Adams Said? Liz Garcia, a spokesperson for Adams, declined to expand on the mayor's decision to let the jaywalking bill become law without taking action on it. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024 Now expand on this idea by drawing lines for each subtopic, being sure to connect every line back to the central idea. —

Sam Adeyemi, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for expand on/upon

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