fill out

verb

1. to make or become fuller, thicker, or rounder

   her figure has filled out since her marriage

2. to make more substantial

   the writers were asked to fill their stories out

3. (tr) to complete (a form, application, etc)

Idioms and Phrases

Complete by supplying required information, especially in writing. For example, Please fill out the application form , or I don't quite understand this drawing, so fill out the details . [Late 1800s]

Become enlarged, distended, rounded in outline. For example, The wind filled out the sails , or He's put on weight and really filled out . Applied to objects, this expression dates from about 1700, but to persons or animals becoming fatter, only from the late 1800s.

Example Sentences

At that pace, the company is on track to fill out the rest of the 20-million goal in less than seven years.

From Los Angeles Times

From encouraging players to fill out daily questionnaires to logging their cycles in an app, BBC Sport looks at how rugby has been tracking periods and why?

From BBC

International travellers were detained in holding facilities for failing to properly fill out paperwork.

From Salon

Prior to last month, people who needed food could fill out a form and get it that same week.

From Salon

We also had to fill out several forms and send in copies of his vaccination certificates as well as his photo.

From Los Angeles Times

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