Develop
Flesh out
Flesh out verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.
Usage example: a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cultivate and develop
- cultivate and flesh out
- enhance and develop
- enhance and flesh out
- elaborate and develop
- elaborate and flesh out
- establish and develop
- establish and flesh out
- extend and develop
- extend and flesh out
- produce and develop
- produce and flesh out
- refine and develop
- refine and flesh out
Both terms in one sentence
- She manages to flesh out and develop everyone brilliantly, along with their situations and emotions and everything you read is very poignant and well-done.
- A lot of character exploration that allows for Ianto and John to develop or at the very least flesh out.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Torchwood - Alas, that wasn't the case, and aside from appearances in the three follow-up movies (which comprised the unofficial "10th season"), there was virtually no time to flesh out and truly develop their characters.
Source: Last Episode, New Character
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