fill in the blanks

idiom

1
: to put information into blank spaces : to provide missing information
Please fill in the blanks on the questionnaire.
sometimes used figuratively
At the end of the movie, the narrator goes back and fills in (all) the blanks.
2
: to provide one's own conclusion
He would not tell me the whole story of the argument, and I was left to fill in the blanks for myself.

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Scenes staged with action figures offer a visual component to fill in the blanks, as do the quick news montages that announce key years. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2023 While only three ingredients written on a notecard are shown in the series, the internet was able to fill in the blanks and recreate the dish. Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2023 With her executive scheduler and an aide standing nearby to fill in the blanks, Levy outlined the stops from a recent Saturday in Tolland, Enfield, Rocky Hill, Prospect, Litchfield and Vernon before returning home to Greenwich. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2022 The episode doesn’t fill in the blanks on why Sophie and her husband divorced. Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2022 See all Example Sentences for fill in the blanks 

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“Fill in the blanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill%20in%20the%20blanks. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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