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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On Thursday evening, the arguments for and against the fences got fleshed out at a meeting of the Griffith Park Advisory Board. —

Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 That mission will last the full season, but episodes dedicate roughly half of their swift 25-minute runtimes to fleshing out the titular creatures. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024 The trio fleshed out the show’s script and put on a limited run of the live show at The Bourbon Room in Los Angeles, before transferring the show to its current off-Broadway home. —

Stephen Daw, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024 The lineup doesn’t tell the story of each preparation but the chefs play a pivotal role in fleshing out what’s set in front of you. —

Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flesh out