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fill in on

phr. v..
B2 Upper Intermediate Oxford Informal

phr. v.. to give someone the details or information they missed about a situation.

phr. v.. to provide a person with missing information or updates regarding a specific topic or event.


SIMPLE

Can you fill me in on what happened at the meeting?

CONTEXTUAL

Since I was on holiday last week, my manager spent an hour filling me in on the new project.

COMPLEX

The legal team spent the afternoon filling the board in on the potential ramifications of the recent court ruling.

Particles
in on
Separability
separable
Pattern
fill + person + in + on + object
Usage

requires a person as the direct object and the topic as the prepositional object.

Teaching tip

contrast with 'fill in' (to complete a form) to show how the preposition 'on' changes the meaning to information sharing.

Pitfall

I will fill in you on the news.I will fill you in on the news.the person being informed must come between 'fill' and 'in' because this phrasal verb is separable.

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