"blow-by-blow" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Probably suggesting a detailed description of a fight or boxing match, where blow means a hit or a landed punch. Etymology templates: {{m|en|blow}} blow Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} blow-by-blow (not comparable)
  1. Detailing every action or occurrence completely. Tags: not-comparable Translations (detailing completely): detallat (Catalan), yksityiskohtainen (Finnish), pikkutarkka (Finnish), détaillé (French), detailliert (German), dettagliato (Italian), detalhat (Occitan), detallado (Spanish), detaljerad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blow-by-blow-en-adj-LWX1fznN

Noun

Forms: blow-by-blows [plural]
Etymology: Probably suggesting a detailed description of a fight or boxing match, where blow means a hit or a landed punch. Etymology templates: {{m|en|blow}} blow Head templates: {{en-noun}} blow-by-blow (plural blow-by-blows)
  1. An account, description, or commentary including every detail of the action or event. Translations (account including every detail): yksityiskohtainen kuvaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-blow-by-blow-en-noun-I-nKC7WW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88

Inflected forms

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