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Phrase(s): illustrate something with something
1. to provide pictorial examples for a book or other document. • She illustrated her book with clever line drawings. • We need someone to illustrate this book with drawings. 2. Fig. to use something to show how something works, how something is meant to be, or how to do something. • Would you please illustrate how to do it with a drawing or two? • I think I can illustrate what I mean with a little more explanation.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs