- fill in for someone
- fill in (for (someone))
to do someone else's job temporarily.
He discovered his love of acting when he filled in for a sick friend in a college play.
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fill in for — fill in (for (someone)) to do someone else s job temporarily. He discovered his love of acting when he filled in for a sick friend in a college play … New idioms dictionary
fill in — (for (someone)) to do someone else s job temporarily. He discovered his love of acting when he filled in for a sick friend in a college play … New idioms dictionary
fill in — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fill in a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it. [mainly BRIT] [V n P] If you want your free copy of the Patients Charter fill this form in... [V P n (not pron)] Fill in… … English dictionary
fill-in — ˈfill in noun [countable] informal a person who does another person s job for a short period of time, because the other person is not there: • I was just a fill in when she wasn t available. * * * fill in UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who… … Financial and business terms
fill — 1 /fIl/ verb 1 MAKE STH FULL a) also fill up (T) to put the right amount of a liquid, substance, or material into a container, or put in enough to make it full: I filled a saucepan and put it on the stove. | You ve filled the bath too full. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fill in — verb 1. supply with information on a specific topic (Freq. 4) He filled me in on the latest developments • Hypernyms: ↑inform • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. represent the effect of shade or shadow on (Freq. 1) … Useful english dictionary
fill — fill1 W1S1 [fıl] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(become/make full)¦ 2¦(large thing/number)¦ 3¦(sound/smell/light)¦ 4¦(emotions)¦ 5¦(provide something)¦ 6¦(spend time)¦ 7¦(perform a job)¦ 8¦(crack/hole)¦ 9 fill yourself (up)/fill your face … Dictionary of contemporary English
fill-in — noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) (Freq. 2) the star had a stand in for dangerous scenes we need extra employees for summer fill ins • Syn: ↑stand in, ↑substitute, ↑relief, ↑reliever, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fill — fill1 [ fıl ] verb *** ▸ 1 make something full ▸ 2 become full of something ▸ 3 put something in hole/gap ▸ 4 about sound/smell/light ▸ 5 be given job/position ▸ 6 feel emotion strongly ▸ 7 spend time doing something ▸ 8 put something in hole in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fill — The price at which an order is executed. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * fill fill [fɪl] verb 1. fill a job/post/vacancy etc HUMAN RESOURCES to find and employ a suitable person to do a job that has been advertised: • Headhunters… … Financial and business terms
