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fleshed out

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adjective

  • Describing something, like an idea or a character, that is fully developed, detailed, and realized.

verb

  • To expand upon an initial concept, plan, or story by adding more substance, detail, and specific information to make it more complete.

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The provisional pact was then fleshed out in a wider circle on Thursday, when a meeting among leading supervisory-board members was already scheduled to prepare for the wider meeting on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

By the 2000s, some franchises offered games that fleshed out or complemented the worlds depicted on the silver screen.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

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  • colored in the lines
  • gave it legs
  • filled in the blanks
  • expounded
  • added meat to the bones

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  • skeleton sketch
  • the tl;dr version
  • just the gist

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