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fill in

verb
  1. To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed. (transitive) · After you're done laying the pipe, fill in the trench.
  2. To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information. (transitive) · If you know anything about this, maybe you can fill me in.
  3. To substitute for somebody or something. (intransitive) · He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody to fill in for him.
  4. To beat up; to physically assault. (slang) · Talk to me like that again and I'll fill you in!
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“I guess you can fill in for yourselves what he did.
The Valley of Fear, p. 99 · C1
2704, and then we will drop into one of the Bond Street picture galleries and fill in the time until we are due at the hotel.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 48 · C1

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