spare someone the details
spare someone the details · spares someone the details · spared someone the details · sparing someone the details
To not give details about something mentioned, usually to avoid embarrassment or…To not give details about something mentioned, usually to avoid embarrassment or irrelevance
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, imperative, usually)To not give details about something mentioned, usually to avoid embarrassment or irrelevance
Forms
spares someone the details, sparing someone the details, spared someone the details, spared someone the details| Base form | spare someone the details · to spare someone the details |
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| 3rd person singular | spares someone the details |
| Present participle | sparing someone the details |
| Past simple | spared someone the details |
| Past participle | spared someone the details |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | spare someone the details |
| he, she, it | spares someone the details |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | spared someone the details |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have spared someone the details |
| he, she, it | has spared someone the details |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will spare someone the details |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle