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
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Examples of fill-in in a Sentence
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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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
The laser instrument appeared to serve as a suitable fill-in, and everything appeared to be working until the spacecraft went silent for several minutes.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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Noun
After all, multiple players ahead of him on the depth chart were injured, and others who had received fill-in opportunities did little with them.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
The laser instrument appeared to serve as a suitable fill-in, and everything appeared to be working until the spacecraft went silent for several minutes.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for fill-in
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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