Definition of pad out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pad out

phrasal verb

pad something out

to put soft material into a piece of clothing in order to change its shape

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to make something such as an article, seem longer or more impressive by adding things that are unnecessary
- The report was padded out with extracts from previous documents.

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