rephrase

"Please repeat or rephrase your question," suggested Judge Carter.

Would you restate the question, or rephrase it, whichever you wish to do?

This paraffin that you place on the hand—I will rephrase this a little bit.

He had to rephrase the question and repeat it several times before the dawn man understood.

You must also be prepared to rephrase and remold some of the points in order to get at the most important aspects of the case.