filling in

A form of fill in — To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fill in

    It was to assist in the filling-in of the tunnel on the disused Patricroft-Clifton Junction line, which was the scene of a disaster in 1953 when part, below some houses in Swinton, caved in.

    1955 June, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: London Midland Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 439
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APA

filling in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filling%20in

MLA

“filling in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filling%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filling in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filling%20in.

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