flesh out

verb

fleshed out; fleshing out; fleshes out

: to provide more information about (something) : to make (something) more complete by adding details

You need to flesh out your plan with more details.

She fleshes out the characters in her novels very well.

Examples of flesh out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Reporting points to a cinematic story trailer rather than a gameplay deep-dive, fleshing out Lucia and Jason's relationship, the antagonists, and more of Leonida's tone. —Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

To me, those were the three stories that that needed to be fleshed out further. —Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 June 2026

In a recent conversation with Peter Diamandis, an entrepreneur and executive chairman of the XPrize Foundation, Musk fleshed out his moonshot visions for the future, which have previously included work being completely optional and retirement becoming inapplicable. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 June 2026

Over the past year, two biographers have attempted to flesh out the men behind the symbols. —Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Rhymes for flesh out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout