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flesh out

Dictionary definition · flesh out

verb

  1. make fat or plump"We will plump out that poor starving child"
  2. 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"
  3. become round, plump, or shapely"The young woman is fleshing out"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).