flesh out

English

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Verb

flesh out (third-person singular simple present fleshes out, present participle fleshing out, simple past and past participle fleshed out)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.

   Synonym: round out

   The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with flush out.

Translations

complete

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese: 充实 (zh) (chōngshí) (chōngshí)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: täydentää (fi)
• French: détailler (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: herausarbeiten (de), ausschmücken (de)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: сайжруулах (mn) (sajžruulax), баяжуулах (mn) (bajažuulax)
• Portuguese: desenvolver (pt)
• Romanian: concretiza (ro)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: fylla ut
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• fill in
• fill out
• flush out
• put meat on the bones

Anagrams

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