Please, fill in the blanks!

Fill_in_the_blank

One more phrasal verb to add to our list!

1: to put information into blank spaces: to provide missing information

  • Please fill in the blanks on the questionnaire.
  • I spent over two hours filling in the application form.

  • Fill in the missing words.

     —sometimes used figuratively

  • At the end of the movie, the narrator goes back and fills in (all) the blanks.

2: to provide one’s own conclusion 

He would not tell me the whole story of the argument, and I was left to fill in the blanks for myself.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill%20in%20the%20blanks

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/fill-in_1

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