give chapter and verse

give/quote (somebody) chapter and verse

to give exact information about something, especially something in a book The strength of the book is that when it makes accusations it gives chapter and verse, often backed up by photographic evidence. I can't quote you chapter and verse, but I'm pretty sure it's a line from 'Macbeth'.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Frodo	FRO-do (English)	Literature
Natalie	['nætəli]
Adam	A-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia
Diodotus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Leila	['li:lə]
Larysa	-	Ukrainian