spare someone the details (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: to not give details about something mentioned, usually to avoid embarrassment or irrelevance
tags: idiomatic
imperative
usually
Forms:
form: spares someone the details
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sparing someone the details
tags: participle
present
form: spared someone the details
tags: participle
past
form: spared someone the details
tags: past