round out
English
Verb
round out (third-person singular simple present rounds out, present participle rounding out, simple past and past participle rounded out)
- (intransitive) To become rounder or plumper.
- Hypernym: fill out
- It was Bill all right, but he'd really rounded out since I'd last seen him.
- (transitive) To make more complete by adding details.
- Synonym: flesh out
- Coordinate term: round off
- Here are some actual figures to round out the basic report.
- 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
Translations
To make more complete by adding details
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