pad sth out
— Phrasal Verb with pad /pæd/ verb [T] (-dd-)Definition
UK
› to add words, information, etc. to make something seem longer or better: She had to pad the presentation out to make it last half an hour.
(Definition of pad sth out from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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