filled in; filling in; fills in
1
: to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail
2
: to give necessary or recently acquired information to
I'll fill you in
: to fill a vacancy usually temporarily
interns filled in for regular staffers
Examples of fill-in in a Sentence
Noun
I'm just a fill-in, so I have no idea where office supplies are kept
Verb
my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed
she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation
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Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
With right tackle Taylor Moton (elbow) ruled out for the game, Walton will back up fill-in starter Yosh Nijman at right tackle.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Parade has tried to fill in some of the blanks.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Together, the fill-in bosses turned an early one-score deficit into a 38-0 surge before obliterating Michigan State 38-13 on Saturday.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
With right tackle Taylor Moton (elbow) ruled out for the game, Walton will back up fill-in starter Yosh Nijman at right tackle.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Parade has tried to fill in some of the blanks.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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