chapter and verse
Full documented details
Chapter and verse means exact, precise detail—the kind of specificity that leaves no room for doubt.
The phrase comes from citing Bible passages by their numbered divisions: She could quote chapter and verse from the employee handbook.
To give chapter and verse is to provide authoritative documentation or exhaustive particulars: He demanded chapter and verse on how the money was spent.
Correctness in every detail
- specificityExactness of detail
- detailSingle small element
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- particularitySpecific distinguishing feature
documentation · evidence · proof · authority · verbatim · meticulous · thorough · itemized
exactness
Correctness in every detail
- specificityExactness of detail
- detailSingle small element
- accuracyDegree of correctness
particularity · documentation · evidence · proof · authority · verbatim · meticulous · thorough · itemized · comprehensive
reference
Directing attention elsewhere
text · excerpt · book · testament · scripture · citation · annotation · footnote · cross-reference · concordance
- Biblical ExpressionsGarden of Eden, David and Goliath, Good Samaritan, prodigal son, forbidden fruit
- literary idiomscatch-22, red herring, white whale, by the book, same page
- sacred versespsalm, surah, sutra, scripture passage, sacred text
- Book Idiomsby the book, closed book, open book, on the same page, same page
- accuracyaccurate, precise, exact, correct, right
- Precision phraseson the mark, on target, spot on, dead on, bulls-eye
chapter and verserough estimate
Imprecise preliminary calculation
ballpark figure · hand-waving · hearsay · rumor · approximation
chapter and versehearsay
Unverified secondhand information
rumor · speculation · conjecture · gossip · anecdotal evidence
chapter, verse, version, chapters, versed, verses, capitulate, versions, capitulation