spare someone the details

English

Verb

spare someone the details (third-person singular simple present spares someone the details, present participle sparing someone the details, simple past and past participle spared someone the details)

  1. (idiomatic, usually imperative) to not give details about something mentioned, usually to avoid embarrassment or irrelevance
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