flesh out

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flesh out

verb fleshes out · fleshing out · fleshed out

  1. idiomatic, transitive To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton. The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details.

    Similar: round out

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verb complete

Españoldesarrollar, detallar, concretar, concretizar, corporeizar, corporizar
Portuguêsdesenvolver
Françaisdétailler
Deutschherausarbeiten, ausschmücken
Românăconcretiza
Русскийрасширя́ть rasširjátʹ, облека́ть пло́тью oblekátʹ plótʹju, конкретизи́ровать konkretizírovatʹ
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@misc{flesh_out_2026,
  title = {flesh out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flesh%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}