blow-by-blow

English

Etymology

Probably suggesting a detailed description of a fight or boxing match, where blow means a hit or a landed punch.

Adjective

blow-by-blow (not comparable)

1. Detailing every action or occurrence completely.

   He gave a blow-by-blow account of the entire trip.

   • 2000, Yunzhong Shu, chapter 2, in Buglers on the Home Front: The Wartime Practice of the Qiyue School, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 58:

     In a lapidary style, Qiu Dongping clearly and forcefully describes battlefield actions with simple sentences, giving a blow-by-blow account of successive events with neither understatement nor exaggeration.

Translations

detailing completely

• Catalan: detallat (ca)
• Finnish: yksityiskohtainen (fi), pikkutarkka (fi)
• French: détaillé (fr)
• German: detailliert (de)
• Italian: dettagliato (it)
• Occitan: detalhat
• Spanish: detallado (es)
• Swedish: detaljerad (sv)

Noun

blow-by-blow (plural blow-by-blows)

1. An account, description, or commentary including every detail of the action or event.

   The media published a blow-by-blow of the trial as it happened.

Translations

account including every detail

• Finnish: yksityiskohtainen kuvaus