to fleshed out
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4.4
- phrasal verb
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desarrollar
- After several meetings, the team finally fleshed out the details of the project plan.
- fleshed-out characters
Because we're working here now with a more fully fleshed out notion of moral self consciousness.
- Because we're working here now with a more fully fleshed out notion of moral self consciousness.
- I I'm sure there's a more articulate or like more fully fleshed out definition of it though.
- So our working title is the Internal Butler, and we're still fleshing out ideas.
- So the premise of your story is really what sets the basis, but then it's about how you develop that into a fleshed out story.
- And I just think it's written with such empathy and compassion, and Agnes is fully fleshed out as a whole character in her own right.
- The Alex Alex character is becoming more fleshed out to him.
- But it's not fully fleshed out the picture because serpents are camouflaged, right?
Examples
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The writer spent weeks fleshing out the plot and characters to make the story more engaging.
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Main ideas can be fleshed out and then put into context.
Academic text (2001) -
Next up is to start fleshing out the body of this thing.
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And by forward, I mean we're fleshing out the front, back, and sides of this one.
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By the last month of the course, students were to have fleshed out a business plan and presented it.
Academic text (2017) -
The following case analysis fleshes out a core contribution of this article.
Academic text (2017) -
A boot camp approach with its short time frame and intensity can help flesh out a product idea.
Academic text (2017) -
Finally, a critical assessment of the evidence will be provided in an effort to flesh out unresolved issues and outstanding questions.
Academic text (2017) -
We have clearly seen its contours; now let's see it fully fleshed out.
Academic text (2003) -
Lou's character was very well fleshed out, and there was lots of humor.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
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6.1
Add more details to make something fuller
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4.0
To add more details to an idea, plan, or argument
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3.5
Make something more complete by adding parts
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2.8
To become or make something fuller by adding more
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3.7
To talk or write about something in more detail
Made with a lot of careful detail
Larger in size or number
Being more complete and useful after growth or change
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
flesh + out
The meaning 'given more substance or detail' is directly derivable from combining 'flesh' (to add substance or detail) with the particle 'out' (giving a sense of expansion or completion). This verb+out composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common way to express 'elaborate/expand', so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb fleshed out comes from the picture of adding flesh to a skeleton: you fill the bones out so the body looks whole. So to flesh out an idea means to add details and make it 'more complete'.