flesh out

phrasal 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

The American remake will transpose the story to the United States, most likely in a small town; and will flesh out the character of Andrea’s mother, Teresa Manes, whose unique relationship with her son is one of the film’s emotional anchors. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025

Trump did not flesh out details of that takeover plan, and there was no official reaction from the administration to the plan Smotrich described Wednesday. —Omer Bekin, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025

Redford’s skill is in fleshing out the terms of that fantasy, and proving desirable even as their politics and lifestyles wedge them apart. —K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025

But much more work remains to flesh out how it will be implemented, financed and enforced. —Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for flesh out

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