rounded out

Made more complete

Rounded out means completed or made whole by adding what was missing.

A team is rounded out when the final member joins.

A meal is rounded out with dessert.

The phrase suggests bringing something to satisfying fullness: A few more examples rounded out the presentation.

Past tense of round out.

Related

perfected · done · topped off · progressed · expanded · cultivated · enhanced · polished · diversified · flourished · came full circle · domed · curved · consummated · enriched · ended · convex · executed

Opposites
completeness/fullness

rounded outstripped down

Simplified to basics

pared down · gutted · hollowed out · reduced · abbreviated

physical shape/form

rounded outsharpened

Made more cutting

angular · squared off · pointed · edged · cornered

numerical precision

rounded outitemized

Listed separately, point-by-point

Family

round, out, rounds, rounded, rounding, rounder, roundest, roundly, roundness

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