Gory details
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 All of the small facts or pieces of information about something, especially those that are excessively detailed or tedious. figuratively, informal, plural, plural-only
- 2 All of the pieces of information about something, especially those that are scandalous or embarrassing in nature. figuratively, informal, plural, plural-only
"It was ... my chance to dish and give all the gory details about the mommy-and-me yoga class."
- 3 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gory, details. plural, plural-only
"When the newspapers reported the murder of Martha Tabram [...] with the gory details of how she had been stabbed, […]"
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More examples"It was ... my chance to dish and give all the gory details about the mommy-and-me yoga class."