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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Though the nonlinear story is busy with flashbacks and stuffed with themes, characters and real-world analogues (some of which are not fully fleshed out), the worldview that emerges is distinctly Bong: absurdist and yet cautiously hopeful about the future.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
It will be fleshed out in the whole year, when there's not enough outcome from these policies—there will be more.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
All that could be better justified, however, if the thriller element of Dakar were more fully fleshed out.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Envoys from all five countries are set to flesh out the details on Friday in Saudi Arabia, and then again at a bigger summit on March 4 in Cairo.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
It will be fleshed out in the whole year, when there's not enough outcome from these policies—there will be more.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
All that could be better justified, however, if the thriller element of Dakar were more fully fleshed out.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Envoys from all five countries are set to flesh out the details on Friday in Saudi Arabia, and then again at a bigger summit on March 4 in Cairo.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Flesh out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20out. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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