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idiompaint sth with a broad brushto describe or explain something in a very general way, without giving details:Piaget's theory of how children learn was painted with a very broad brush, by modern standards.To illustrate the relations between the President and Congress, I'll describe a few incidents, painting with a broad brush.broad-brush: You can take a broad-brush approach in your first few paragraphs, but then you must start treating the main questions in detail.
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