put flesh on

Meaning

1. put flesh on (the bones of) sth

   to develop a basic idea, etc. by giving more details to make it more complete

   The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.

From the same entry

• flesh and blood
• your flesh and blood
• in the flesh
• make your flesh creep
• your pound of flesh
• press flesh
• the spirit is willing
• a thorn in flesh
• go the way of all flesh
• flesh out