FLESH OUT Definition & Meaning

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flesh out

verb

tr to give substance to (an argument, description, etc)
intr to expand or become more substantial

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, put flesh on the bones of . Give substance to, provide with details, amplify. For example, The editor told her to flesh out the story , or You need to put flesh on the bones of these characters . This metaphoric expression, alluding to clothing a nude body or adding flesh to a skeleton, was in the mid-1600s put simply as to flesh , the adverb out being added about two centuries later.

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Ritter fleshes out Liz and shows more of her vulnerable side through flashbacks to the hard knocks she experienced in her emotionally turbulent past.

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No timeline has been announced for the ban, with ministers asking an "implementation group" to flesh out proposals and learn from other countries.

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If Hancock spent more time fleshing out his characters, perhaps the rapidly paced events of the movie’s first act wouldn’t cause such whiplash.

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His most notable success was “Little Murders,” which began as a novel and moved to the theater after Feiffer was asked to flesh out some of its characters for Chicago’s Second City troupe.

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The film shares the same narrative structure as past versions but fleshes out sequences that necessitate more introspection to enhance the story’s already enchanting framework.

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