cut the frills

clarify cut down facilitate reduce shorten streamline

abridge analyze chasten decipher disentangle disinvolve elucidate explain interpret order unscramble

boil down break down break it down clean it up clean up clear up draw a picture get down to basics get to the meat hit the high spots lay out let daylight in let sunlight in make clear make perfectly clear make plain put in a nutshell put one straight spell out

grow increase

be vague confuse mix up mystify obscure

complicate make difficult