How to pronounce “fill in the blank”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A language exercise in which one or more words are replaced with a blank line and the reader is tasked with supplying a valid replacement.
• (idiomatic, figuratively) A placeholder allowing for any of a variety of possible answers or a single elicited answer.
• [Verb]
• To complete a single fill in the blank question.
• (idiomatic, figuratively) To complete an interruption, ambiguity, or vagueness in understanding, perception, or context.

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