"meat on the bones" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009 October 11, Ashley Seager, “Has Darling or Osborne the best plan for cutting the deficit?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2022-06-12",
          "text": "The Conservatives finally put some meat on the bones of their plans at their annual conference last week.",
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          "ref": "2014 June 16, Allison Stewart, “Music: 'Ultraviolence' is the set of songs Lana Del Rey was invented to sing”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2022-06-12",
          "text": "Co-producer Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys puts meat on the bones of songs that often feel like little more than drowsily repeated phrases.",
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          "ref": "2020 April 28, Robert Benzie, “Doug Ford promises more details this week”, in The Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved 2022-06-12",
          "text": "As Premier Doug Ford scrambles to put some meat on the bones of his vague plan for reopening the economy, he’s asking businesses to suggest regulatory shortcuts.",
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        "A substantial addition to or augmentation of the content of something, especially something which is unfinished or incomplete."
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        "(idiomatic, often preceded by put) A substantial addition to or augmentation of the content of something, especially something which is unfinished or incomplete."
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          "word": "flesh out"
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        {
          "word": "flesh on the bones"
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          "ref": "2009 October 11, Ashley Seager, “Has Darling or Osborne the best plan for cutting the deficit?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2022-06-12",
          "text": "The Conservatives finally put some meat on the bones of their plans at their annual conference last week.",
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          "ref": "2014 June 16, Allison Stewart, “Music: 'Ultraviolence' is the set of songs Lana Del Rey was invented to sing”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2022-06-12",
          "text": "Co-producer Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys puts meat on the bones of songs that often feel like little more than drowsily repeated phrases.",
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        "(idiomatic, often preceded by put) A substantial addition to or augmentation of the content of something, especially something which is unfinished or incomplete."
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