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

But the movie is a one-joke premise, cute and colorful but unsatisfyingly fleshed out. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026

Williams fleshes out her assessment across nine original songs and a Bob Marley cover, bringing in heavyweight vocalists like Mavis Staples, Brittney Spencer, and Norah Jones to join in harmony. —Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026

Netflix fleshed out the cast for México 86, the Diego Luna starrer about how the country landed the soccer World Cup. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026

Cut a kiwi in half and scoop the flesh out with a spoon, or eat the kiwi peel for more fiber. —Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 15 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for flesh out

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