"fill in the blanks" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} fill in the blanks
  1. plural of fill in the blank Tags: form-of, plural Form of: fill in the blank
    Sense id: en-fill_in_the_blanks-en-noun-QyeXPfpE

Verb

Forms: fills in the blanks [present, singular, third-person], filling in the blanks [participle, present], filled in the blanks [participle, past], filled in the blanks [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fill in the blanks (third-person singular simple present fills in the blanks, present participle filling in the blanks, simple past and past participle filled in the blanks)
  1. Alternative form of fill in the blank in situations where there is more than one blank. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fill in the blank in situations where there is more than one blank
    Sense id: en-fill_in_the_blanks-en-verb-X-7XWx6Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80

Inflected forms

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