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.
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The new backstory between Peter (Alexander Molony) and Hook (Jude Law) represents the movie’s incomplete imagination, gesturing at an expansion of its source material without actually fleshing out those ideas.
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Historians are hoping for details fleshing out Oswald’s activities before the assassination and what the CIA and FBI knew about him beforehand.
—Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The formal bankruptcy plan filed Tuesday, in White Plains, New York, fleshes out the settlement with new details about how the money will be allocated to states, local governments and individuals harmed by the crisis.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Fighting Fire with Fire While a wide body of research clearly shows that climate change is fueling more intense fires out West, scientists are still fleshing out the direct climate connection for blazes in the Southeast.
—Kiley Price, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2025
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Historians are hoping for details fleshing out Oswald’s activities before the assassination and what the CIA and FBI knew about him beforehand.
—Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The formal bankruptcy plan filed Tuesday, in White Plains, New York, fleshes out the settlement with new details about how the money will be allocated to states, local governments and individuals harmed by the crisis.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Fighting Fire with Fire While a wide body of research clearly shows that climate change is fueling more intense fires out West, scientists are still fleshing out the direct climate connection for blazes in the Southeast.
—Kiley Price, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flesh out
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“Flesh out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20out. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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