flesh out

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flesh out (third-person singular simple present fleshes out, present participle fleshing out, simple past and past participle fleshed out)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.

   Synonym: round out

   The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details.

Not to be confused with flush out.

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