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.
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McClellan is seeking help in fleshing out those stories.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The resulting four-part docuseries takes viewers into the newsroom to witness the unglamorous work of journalists cross-checking sources, fleshing out scoops and building investigations, all while being actively undermined by a president who denounced them as liars and crooks.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
And while the whole point of Blood of My Blood is the love stories, the series shrewdly makes the effort to flesh out the universe around our central foursome as well.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
And the beats just apply the pressure and give me the space to fully flesh out a thought.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The resulting four-part docuseries takes viewers into the newsroom to witness the unglamorous work of journalists cross-checking sources, fleshing out scoops and building investigations, all while being actively undermined by a president who denounced them as liars and crooks.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
And while the whole point of Blood of My Blood is the love stories, the series shrewdly makes the effort to flesh out the universe around our central foursome as well.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
And the beats just apply the pressure and give me the space to fully flesh out a thought.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flesh out
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“Flesh out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20out. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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