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Meaning: (transitive)To fill; to replacematerialthat isabsentor has beenremoved.After you're done laying the pipe,fill inthe trench.2022January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, inRAIL, number948, page43:Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidlyfilled inand the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toinformsomebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.Coordinate term:catch upIf you know anything about this, maybe you canfillmein.; (intransitive,idiomatic)Tosubstitutefor somebody or something.He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody tofill infor him.; (transitive,chieflyBritish)Tocompleteaformorquestionnairewith requestedinformation.Synonym:fill outI've gotten a form that is to befilledinin ink.2011December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, inGuardian[1]:The findings emerged from questionnairesfilled inby 2,211 staff in 145 wards of 55 hospitals in England and Wales and 105 observations of care of dementia patients. Two-thirds of staff said they had not had enough training to provide proper care, 50% said they had not been trained how to communicate properly with such patients and 54% had not been told how to handle challenging or aggressive behaviour.; (slang)To beat up; to physically assault.Talk to me like that again and I'llfillyouin!1982,Elvis Costello,Shipbuilding:It's just a rumour that was spread around townSomebody said that someone gotfilled inFor saying that people get killed inThe result of this shipbuilding
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