English · Word pair Attested

chapter and verse

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

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Meaning · English

Exact reference.

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Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Perhaps he could produce chapter and verse evidence of such incidents.

If anyone wants chapter and verse on this the erm address of the British Agro - chemicals Association who put out this literature will be on our fact sheet.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Common questions

What does “chapter and verse” mean?

Exact reference.

Is “chapter and verse” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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