outline something
31Topic outline of rights — A right is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something, or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recognition in civil society. Rights serve as rules of interaction between people, and, as such, they… …
32sum someone/something up — 1 one reviewer summed it up as ‘compelling’: EVALUATE, assess, appraise, rate, weigh up, gauge, judge, deem, adjudge, estimate, form an opinion of. 2 he summed up his rea …
33block something out/in — mark out an outline or shade something in roughly. → block …
34fill something in — 1》 Brit. add information to complete a form or document. 2》 complete a drawing by adding colour or shade to the spaces within an outline. → fill …
35sketch something out/in — give a brief account or general outline of. → sketch …
36rough something out — we roughed out a few drawings of the monument Syn: draft, sketch out, outline, block out, mock up …
37sum someone/something up — 1) that just about sums him up Syn: evaluate, describe, encapsulate, summarize, put in a nutshell 2) he summed up his reasons Syn: summarize, make/give a summary of, precis, outline, recapitulate, re …
38block something out — 1 trees blocked out the light: CONCEAL, keep out, blot out, exclude, obliterate, blank out, stop. 2 block out an area in charcoal: ROUGH OUT, sketch out …
39lay something out — 1 Robyn laid the plans out on the desk: SPREAD OUT, set out, display, exhibit. 2 a paper laying out our priorities: OUTLINE, sketch out, rough out, detail, draw up …
40measure something off — MARK OFF, measure out, demarcate, delimit, delineate, outline, describe, define, stake out. → measure …