Expand and Sum up

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Expand verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.

Usage example: an article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book

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Sum up is an antonym for expand.

Sum up verb - To make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report).

Usage example: in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact

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Expand is an antonym for sum up.

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