cover the waterfront

cover the waterfront
cover the waterfront
to deal with every detail concerning a specific topic. •

Her talk really covered the waterfront. By the time she finished, I knew much more than I wanted to know.

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{v. phr.} To talk or write all about something; talk about something all possible ways. * /The principal pretty well covered the waterfront on student behavior./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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