fill the gaps
idiom
: to add what is need to something to make it complete
He's trying to fill the gaps in his CD collection.
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And there have been local efforts to fill the gaps for businesses who didn’t want to incur more debt.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Staff are now proposing to add 44 more to fill the gaps and create wider, denser barriers along all four approaches to the circle.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Batteries or pumped hydro (or flywheel or gravity systems) will need to store the excess power and fill the gaps for those shady days.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
For instance, said Guo, the falling birth rate means Japan has a shrinking workforce, with fewer young people available to fill the gaps left by aging workers – who in turn are forced to keep toiling instead of retiring.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Staff are now proposing to add 44 more to fill the gaps and create wider, denser barriers along all four approaches to the circle.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Batteries or pumped hydro (or flywheel or gravity systems) will need to store the excess power and fill the gaps for those shady days.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
For instance, said Guo, the falling birth rate means Japan has a shrinking workforce, with fewer young people available to fill the gaps left by aging workers – who in turn are forced to keep toiling instead of retiring.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Fill the gaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill%20the%20gaps. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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