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
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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
Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Then there’s Tylan Wallace, who has been a special teams stalwart and did a nice job returning punts in a fill-in role last year, and unproven second-year receiver Sean Ryan.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
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Noun
In a contingency plan to fill-in for Greenlaw, the 49ers signed De’Vondre Campbell, formerly of the Green Bay Packers.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Then there’s Tylan Wallace, who has been a special teams stalwart and did a nice job returning punts in a fill-in role last year, and unproven second-year receiver Sean Ryan.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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