flesh out

phrasal verb

fleshed out; fleshing out; fleshes out

: to provide more information about (something) : to make (something) more complete by adding details

You need to flesh out your plan with more details.

She fleshes out the characters in her novels very well.

Examples of flesh out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gail the therapist One of the strongest aspects of the first season of The Last of Us was the expansion of characters like Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett), who go from footnotes in the journey to fully fleshed out people in one of the best episodes of television ever. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025

The Supreme Court appointed Christopher Mills, a lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina, to flesh out arguments about the Supremacy Clause. —Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025

But in many ways, fleshing out this scene actually diminishes it. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025

There are plenty of plausible ways to extend Deborah and Ava’s story, not the least of which is to continue fleshing out the very funny folks who surround them. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for flesh out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout