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to skip the detail

to skip the detail

56 3.6
Leave out small or less important information when explaining something
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
translation icon : omitir detalles
  • If you want to save time, just skip the detail and give me a summary of the main points.

Examples

  • In the future, I'm going to skip the details of the Palm DP and the details of the learning and go straight to the experiments.

  • Can we skip the details and get right to the part about the mission?

    The Foxes of Harrow (1947)

  • During the presentation, the speaker decided to skip the detail about the funding to focus on the main findings.

  • She chose to skip the detail in her report, emphasizing only the critical aspects.

Synonyms

to get to the point
vsto skip the detail
  • Informal
126 3.1

Talk about the most important part without extra details

omits less important information during an explanation
to gloss over
vsto skip the detail
22 6.5

Make a problem or mistake seem less serious by leaving out details

omits unimportant details without trying to make problems seem smaller
to condense
vsto skip the detail
21 4.2

Make something shorter by removing unimportant details

omits less important information when explaining instead of only shortening
to dislimn
vsto skip the detail
  • Archaic
9.9

To leave out details from a story or description

omits unnecessary or less important information when explaining

How Detailed

to elaborate
79 4.2
to explain
∞ 1.0
to summarize
  • US
90 3.0
to skip the detail
  • Informal
56 3.6

Surface Forms

skip infinitive
skipped past
skipped past participle
skipping present participle
skips third person singular

Morphology

skip + the + detail

The verb 'skip' (to omit or pass over) combined with 'detail' (specific piece of information) yields a directly compositional meaning: omit the (unnecessary) information. This is a straightforward verb + noun construction common across languages and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Skip the detail paints a simple picture: you skip, meaning you jump over, the small pieces called detail to reach the big idea. That's why it means 'omit' the less important information and give only the 'main points'.