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flesh out something

to explain something more completely. She sketches a character's outline in just a few words and then vividly fleshes out her portrait as the book goes along.

Etymology: based on the idea of adding flesh to a picture that shows only the bones of a creature

See also: flesh

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``We're not going to have any gouging of flesh out in my courtroom,'' Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki told attorney Robert Baker and forensic pathologist Werner Spitz after Baker challenged Spitz to show jurors how it was possible. CLAWING BARRED IN SIMPSON COURT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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