Dictionary definition · flesh out
verb
- make fat or plump"We will plump out that poor starving child"
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
- become round, plump, or shapely"The young woman is fleshing out"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).