touch upon
phrasal verbtouch on/upon something
- to mention or deal with a subject in only a few words, without going into detail
- In his speech he was only able to touch on a few aspects of the problem.
- The central issue of the debate was hardly touched on in his speech.
- Photography is merely touched on in the book.
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