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were fleshing
  • past progressive of flesh.

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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