give /quote sth/sb chapter and verse
to give exact information about something, especially something in a book:
I can't quote you chapter and verse but I think it's a line from "Macbeth".
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Quoting & making references
- above
- allusive
- bandy sth around
- bring
- bring sth up
- citation
- come up
- cross-reference
- direct speech
- drag
- misquote
- passing
- pursuant
- quotation
- quote
- quote... unquote idiom
- referent
- said
- touch
- undermentioned
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