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

Since not all companies think this way, entrepreneur Jordan Buich dedicates much of his time to fleshing out the infrastructure that determines how companies become understood, trusted, and valued by the market. —Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 May 2026

Perhaps this isn’t new—Star Wars has been taking small moments from the original trilogy and padding them out for decades now—almost everything seen on screen in those first three films has been resurrected, fleshed out with backstories and unnecessary details. —Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

Allie is equal parts quirky best friend and fleshed out leading lady material of her own. —Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

Muted guitars twirl in curlicued shapes, fleshed out by harp, woodwinds, and brass; clanking bells and mbira-like harmonics flare up in quiet patches, and background vocals fan across the stereo field. —Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 19 May 2026

Rhymes for flesh out

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