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flesh out
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flesh out in WordNet English dictionary
verb
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
elaborate
lucubrate
expatiate
exposit
enlarge
flesh out
expand
expound
dilate
make fat or plump
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
fatten
fat
flesh out
fill out
plump
plump out
fatten out
fatten up
become round, plump, or shapely
"The young woman is fleshing out"
round
flesh out
fill out
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flesh out in English Wiktionary
(verb) (idiom) to complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure or skeleton
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