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fill out
phrasal verb with fillverbuk /fɪl/ us /fɪl/
If someone who is thin fills out, they become heavier and more rounded, often because they have grown older.（常指因年龄增长而）发福，长胖
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming bigger
accrete
accrue
anti-growth
balloon
bell
billow
bump
elongate
engorge
engorged
enlarge
enlargement
over-expansion
pile
pile on the poundsidiom
puff
puff up
put something on
regenerate
stretch
He had filled out in three years.
He had not filled out with the years.
His haggard face had filled out, his great freckles had faded away, and his red hair, through much pomade and skillful brushing, had grown darker and more manageable.
In time he filled out and became rather more shapely, but he was always an ungainly dog—"too big for his size," as Harry put it.
She is downright handsome,—or will be when she fills out a little.
fill out | American Dictionary
fill out
phrasal verb with fillverb[ I/T ]us/fɪl/
to become larger:
When John is older and fills out some, he’ll be an outstanding athlete.
fill out | Business English
fill out
phrasal verb with fillverb[ T ]uk /fɪl/us
to write or type information in spaces that are provided for it:
The 9m taxpayers obliged to fill out self-assessment forms must file their returns by September 30.
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