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
Synonyms
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
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 July 2024
Klinghoffer, who’s currently on tour with the group in Europe, also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers from 2007 to 2019, and with Jane’s Addiction last year as a fill-in for longtime member Dave Navarro, who was suffering from COVID.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
Oshan Jarow, Vox, 21 July 2024
That sets the table, complete with sharp cutlery, for a bit of cat and mouse as the film jumps from present to past and fills in what happened that awful and deadly night.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
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Noun
The stand-up and roast dais veteran revealed to fill-in Jimmy Kimmel Live!
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 July 2024
Klinghoffer, who’s currently on tour with the group in Europe, also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers from 2007 to 2019, and with Jane’s Addiction last year as a fill-in for longtime member Dave Navarro, who was suffering from COVID.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
Verb
The bill tries to fill in some of the missing logistics around how to actually pull this off, specifying that licensed mushroom cultivators could sell psilocybin directly to permit holders via a system managed by the Department of Health, which would also oversee the content of the permit course.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 21 July 2024
That sets the table, complete with sharp cutlery, for a bit of cat and mouse as the film jumps from present to past and fills in what happened that awful and deadly night.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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