fill in the blanks

phrase

1

: to put information into blank spaces : to provide missing information

Please fill in the blanks on the questionnaire.

—sometimes used figuratively

At the end of the movie, the narrator goes back and fills in (all) the blanks.

2

: to provide one's own conclusion

He would not tell me the whole story of the argument, and I was left to fill in the blanks for myself.

Examples of fill in the blanks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Scenes staged with action figures offer a visual component to fill in the blanks, as do the quick news montages that announce key years. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2023

Print out the card and have each kid fill in the blanks, or ask younger kids the questions and record their answers. — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023

That will prompt the office to follow up to help each author fill in the blanks in an application. — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023

With her executive scheduler and an aide standing nearby to fill in the blanks, Levy outlined the stops from a recent Saturday in Tolland, Enfield, Rocky Hill, Prospect, Litchfield and Vernon before returning home to Greenwich. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2022

Rhymes for fill in the blanks

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