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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Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, hasn’t publicly fleshed out his policy on Ukraine, but his previous comments have put a question mark over whether the United States will continue to be Ukraine’s biggest — and most important — military backer.
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Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The fact that the Halo franchise has been quite successful with novels and comic books definitely helped flesh out its universe.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
But critics worry that the movie industry is playing it way too safe recently — by churning out remakes and fleshing out franchises, rather than dreaming up new things.
—Harvard Business Review, 10 Dec. 2024
Elle Fanning is Sylvie Russo, a muse who politically activates Dylan at a key moment; the moniker may be different, but a Suze (Rotolo) by any other name smells just as sweet, and Fanning fleshes out a woman who’s too often been relegated to a footnote in Bob’s saga.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The fact that the Halo franchise has been quite successful with novels and comic books definitely helped flesh out its universe.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
But critics worry that the movie industry is playing it way too safe recently — by churning out remakes and fleshing out franchises, rather than dreaming up new things.
—Harvard Business Review, 10 Dec. 2024
Elle Fanning is Sylvie Russo, a muse who politically activates Dylan at a key moment; the moniker may be different, but a Suze (Rotolo) by any other name smells just as sweet, and Fanning fleshes out a woman who’s too often been relegated to a footnote in Bob’s saga.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Flesh out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20out. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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