spell something out

This is a bit like recognizing a word after having it spelled out to you.

But you have nothing to lose by spelling it out to them.

He began to think he would have to spell out to them what was really going on.

He didn't need to spell it out to them.

Yet to spell out his intentions to Pamela was so foreign to what she had expected of him.

Real children spin the wheel and try to spell out not just words but answers to questions.

Nell did not need the other possibility spelled out to her.

We can begin by spelling out our plans to each other.

Only a few Republicans spelled out their party's opposition to the measures.

Let me spell it out to you once again.