flesh out
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Definitions
Verb
make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Verb
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"
Verb
become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
Synonyms
dilate
elaborate
enlarge
expand
expatiate
exposit
expound
fat
fatten
fatten out
fatten up
fill out
lucubrate
plump
plump out
round
More Specific Terms
detail
exemplify
exposit
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illustrate
instance
particularise
particularize
set forth
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specify