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  • 131flesh — {{11}}flesh (n.) O.E. flæsc flesh, meat, also near kindred (a sense now obsolete except in phrase flesh and blood), common West and North Germanic (Cf. O.Fris. flesk, M.L.G. vlees, Ger. Fleisch flesh, O.N. flesk pork, bacon ), of uncertain origin …

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  • 132flesh out — verb 1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation • Syn: ↑elaborate, ↑lucubrate, ↑expatiate, ↑exposit, ↑enlarge, ↑expand,… …

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