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What does the phrase "it is up to us to flesh it out" mean?

English Language & Usage Asked by Nikolay Moskvin on December 26, 2020

What does the phrase “it is up to us to flesh it out” mean?

Can you suggest any synonyms?

2 Answers

From the New Oxford American Dictionary:

up to: the duty, responsibility, or choice of (someone): it was up to them to gauge the problem

 

flesh something out: add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form: the theorists have fleshed out a variety of scenarios.

So this sentence means (it may not fit exactly, you did not give much context): “it is our responsibility to complete this proposal”

Correct answer by F'x on December 26, 2020

"flesh it out" means to add flesh to the body of something. That is to say, fatten it up, make it more substantial, take a bare bones skeleton project/example and make it a fully formed entity.

In short it is using the metaphor of a body, a skeleton, that needs flesh to be complete - to refer to anything that is just the basic structure and needs to be filled in, completed, made whole.

Answered by Orbling on December 26, 2020

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