filled in; filling in; fills in
1
: to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail
2
: to give necessary or recently acquired information to
I'll fill you in
: to fill a vacancy usually temporarily
interns filled in for regular staffers
Synonyms
Examples of fill-in in a Sentence
Noun
I'm just a fill-in, so I have no idea where office supplies are kept
Verb
my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed
she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation
Recent Examples on the Web
Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
The fill-in turned out to be the clairvoyant’s former classmate.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
The new large mode simply eliminates the app name text below each icon and expands the icons to fill in the newly available space.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Yet, Paul Duffy was an excellent fill-in on bass and vocals at the Warfield.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
The fill-in turned out to be the clairvoyant’s former classmate.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
Verb
That's your job as an artist [to fill in the gaps].
—Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
The new large mode simply eliminates the app name text below each icon and expands the icons to fill in the newly available space.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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