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fill out

fil·lout

fairly common

verb

1.

write all the required information onto a form

  • “fill out this questionnaire, please!”
  • “make out a form”
2.
3.

supplement what is thought to be deficient

  • “He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons”
  • “Braque eked out his collages with charcoal”
4.

line or stuff with soft material

  • “pad a bra”
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5.

make fat or plump

  • “We will plump out that poor starving child”
6.

become round, plump, or shapely

  • “The young woman is fleshing out”

Origin

Deverbal from fill out.

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