Lay out
Lay out verb - To work out the details of (something) in advance.
Usage example: the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Exact Eaves Dropping: George arrives at Montfaucon's sewers just in time to overhear the Neo-Templars lay out their plan to take over the world.
Source: Video Game / Broken Sword -
Monty was a master of set piece battles where you lay out your troops, plan out everything, and launch a complicated, finely tuned attack.
Source: To Know Him, I Must Become Him - One way to circumvent this is to show the plan both in its forming and execution: Rather than have two separate scenes (one to lay out The Plan and one to enact it), the scenes are instead edited together as a montage.
Source: Unfolding Plan Montage
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