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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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
By May 17, 2016, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose joined AC/DC as a fill-in vocalist for two dozen shows, a move that shocked many and thrilled others.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Mulaney then thanked his fellow Saturday Night Live alum for filling in.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Grisham’s fill-in has also been putting up strong numbers.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
By May 17, 2016, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose joined AC/DC as a fill-in vocalist for two dozen shows, a move that shocked many and thrilled others.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
The point is to fill in for Francisco Lindor and basically play like him for a week, the way Acuña did last season.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Mulaney then thanked his fellow Saturday Night Live alum for filling in.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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