Fill up
Fill up verb - Become full.
Pad
Pad verb - Add padding to.
Usage example: pad the seat of the chair
Both terms in one sentence
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Then Aretha is running late, leading to them having to stretch and pad everything to fill up the hour.
Source: Filler
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