fill in (on) v.
(orig. US) to inform, to explain.
Many are Called (1951) 192: [...] Can you fill me in on them? | ||
Playback 185: Like to fill us in a litttle, Mr. Kinsolving? | ||
Frying-Pan 152: What I meant by ‘filling you in’ was I thought you might like to know how it looked to a regular convict. | ||
S.R.O. (1998) 263: ‘And lie? You should have heard me and that old man fill in my investigator’. | ||
Patriot Game (1985) 107: When I have scouted around Fahey a little, I will fill you in. But I will not tell you everything. | ||
Llama Parlour 178: Have I filled ya in on how much cashola I’m gonna make? | ||
Sheepshagger 2: Well, enlighten us then, Danny [...] go on, fill us in, cos I’m dying to fuckin know, we all are. | ||
Hard Bounce [ebook] ‘Now that we’re all introduced, why don’t one of you fill me in on what the fuck this is all about’. | ||
Consolation 87: ‘Maggie, can you fill these gentlemen in? They want to know about Leon Ayliffe’. | ||
Joey Piss Pot 83: ‘I’m doing my best here, Mary. I’m trying to fill you in’. |