Idiom
fill in
Meaning
To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please fill me in on what I missed.”
“I was late to the meeting, so my colleague filled me in on the main points.”
“After returning from his long sabbatical, the director asked his assistant to fill him in on all the critical developments that had occurred in his absence.”
Examples
simple
“Please fill me in on what I missed.”
contextual
“I was late to the meeting, so my colleague filled me in on the main points.”
complex
“After returning from his long sabbatical, the director asked his assistant to fill him in on all the critical developments that had occurred in his absence.”
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