split-hairs

Noun

(plural only)

Verb

(third-person singular simple present splits hairs, present participle splitting hairs, simple past and past participle split hairs)

(idiomatic) To consider or argue about fine details; to worry about minutiae.
Let’s get everything sorted into the right drawers and not split hairs about subdividing it further yet.

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