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

Cosm’s entertainment offerings present the original film untouched in a frame that may shift around the screen, but accentuates it with supplemental, CGI content that helps flesh out environments. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

The judge disagreed with Clancy’s defense claim that Sullivan didn’t exhaust all options to flesh out the jury’s deadlock before declaring her first trial a mistrial over a holdout juror. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2026

Granted, the titular AI features don't feel fully fleshed out, and with just two available models, the customization options are limited. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

How McCracken pulls this off, fleshing out narrative journeys for the five Harkans in such a compressed fashion, is worth a long critical study in itself. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for flesh out

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