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were fleshing

  • past progressive
    of flesh.
    flesh
    noun
    the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.

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Finally when we were fleshing out the story, we had a central character John J. Lazar who is the man behind the whole enterprise.

From Forbes ● May 22, 2012

In interviews with key staff, it became clear they were fleshing out how closely timed gifts from Williams were to acts the McDonnells took on the businessman’s behalf.

From Washington Post