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
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
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EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Friday night, his fill-in, John Stamos, who had flown over from Spain, took the role anyway for a single night.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2025
For this week’s Open Questions column, Cal Newport is filling in for Joshua Rothman.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In the absence of his wife and regular cohost Kelly Ripa, the actor kicked off Thursday's Live edition by telling fill-in panelist Elle Duncan that he's severely bothered when, upon meeting a strapping fellow, the illusion of male bonding is shattered if their first handshake falls apart.
—EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Friday night, his fill-in, John Stamos, who had flown over from Spain, took the role anyway for a single night.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Tools like Heimdall’s orb, dubbed the Neuron, can fill in that blank.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2025
For this week’s Open Questions column, Cal Newport is filling in for Joshua Rothman.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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