illustrate something with something
- illustrate something with something
illustrate something with something
1. to provide pictorial examples for a book or other document. •
She illustrated her book with clever line drawings.
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We need someone to illustrate this book with drawings.
2. Fig. to use something to show how something works, how something is meant to be, or how to do something. •
Would you please illustrate how to do it with a drawing or two?
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I think I can illustrate what I mean with a little more explanation.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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