"paint with a broad brush" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-paint with a broad brush.ogg [Australia] Forms: paints with a broad brush [present, singular, third-person], painting with a broad brush [participle, present], painted with a broad brush [participle, past], painted with a broad brush [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} paint with a broad brush (third-person singular simple present paints with a broad brush, present participle painting with a broad brush, simple past and past participle painted with a broad brush)
  1. (idiomatic) To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: broad-brush
    Sense id: en-paint_with_a_broad_brush-en-verb-6vitwq5n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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