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verb (adverb)

(tr) to give substance to (an argument, description, etc)

(intr) to expand or become more substantial

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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How to use flesh out in a sentence

It must flesh out characters we already know, while accommodating new faces at the prison.
‘The Walking Dead’: Season 4 Premiere Reminds Us Why We Love This Show|Melissa Leon|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In his childhood, he was put in a hospital for the criminally insane after biting a hunk of flesh out of his 9-month-old sister.
'Criminal Minds'' 7 Most Crazed Killers: From Human Marionettes to "The Reaper"|Kelsey Meany|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Much of the work has already been done in official and informal (Track II) negotiations to flesh out the details.
Where There's a Will There's a Way|Lara Friedman|April 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
One thing we do need is a little more than one minute for these candidates to flesh out their answers.
Rick Perry’s Respectable Debate Rebound|Eleanor Clift|November 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST

For weeks already, NATO diplomats are bustling about trying to flesh out the meaning of the 2014 date.
Four More Years of War|Leslie H. Gelb|October 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I saw Marquesan women eating insects, worms, and other repellant bits of flesh out of sheer instinct and stomachic need.
White Shadows in the South Seas|Frederick O'Brien
With it he cut pieces of flesh out of his body and presented the Yakshas with them.
The Gtakaml|rya Sra
The fangs were so powerful that when I put my fingers to them, they literally tore a piece of flesh out.
In the Wilds of Africa|W.H.G. Kingston
His miracles are attributed to sorcery, the secret of which He brought in a slit in His flesh out of Egypt.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster
Before he could stir, two of them had bitten pieces of flesh out of the calves of both of his legs.
The Inca Emerald|Samuel Scoville

Other Idioms and Phrases with flesh out

flesh out

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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