fills in the blanks
Provides absent information
Fills in the blanks means to supply missing information or complete what's left unfinished.
Literally, it refers to writing answers in empty spaces on a form or test.
Figuratively, it means providing details someone doesn't have: I gave her the outline and she filled in the blanks.
The phrase can also mean inferring what isn't explicitly stated: The report was vague, but readers can fill in the blanks.
- answerSolution to query
- wordLinguistic meaning unit
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- crosswordClue-based letter grid
word puzzle · gap · inform · inference · substitutes · deduction · read between lines · connect the dots · piece together · pen · context clues · worksheet · cloze · resolve · clarify · assumption · guessing game · test
fills in the blanksleaves out
Fails to include
deletes · erases · omits · redacts · blanks out
fills in the blanksconceals
Keeps from being seen
obscures · censors · suppresses · holds back · stonewalls
fills in the blanksconfuses
Causes mental disarray
muddles · obfuscates · mystifies · bewilders · complicates
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