Both terms "Flush" and "Flesh" can be correct.

Apr 1, 2020
1:23:05pm

CosmoK All-American

Should You 'Flush Out' or 'Flesh Out' Your Plan?

Commonly Confused Words, Vol. 2

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/top-10-commonly-confused-words-vol-2[https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/top-10-commonly-confused-words-vol-2/flush-out-flesh-out]

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Most obnoxious consultant words: "flush out," which is a misunderstanding of the

Iman23

4/1/20 1:20pm

RE: Most obnoxious consultant words: "flush out," which is a misunderstanding of

garyfan

4/1/20 1:21pm

Who doesn't love the use of the word "minute" to now mean a very long time?

Grit for Brains

4/1/20 1:22pm

That's a southern expression

stoils

4/1/20 2:09pm

Geesh. How am I supposed to even communicate?

CrimWalCoug

4/1/20 1:22pm

I have extra disdain for pivot

Bob Vance

4/1/20 1:22pm

Both terms "Flush" and "Flesh" can be correct.

CosmoK

4/1/20 1:23pm

I guess if you worked for a tree service and were flushing birds out of a tree

Iman23

4/1/20 1:27pm

Does 'Flesh Out' only work if you are at morgue?

CosmoK

4/1/20 1:35pm

The article you cited disagrees with you.

Gentleman Stan

4/1/20 1:29pm

My post says Flush Out can be correct.

CosmoK

4/1/20 1:38pm

Gartner consultants memorize all these terms and then charge $300/hour

mudpupper

4/1/20 1:24pm

That’s a steal.

CrimWalCoug

4/1/20 1:28pm

One reasons why people who use those phrases are worthy of your disdain...

Division Bell

4/1/20 1:25pm

Not a fan of 'huddle up' either.

zephyr

4/1/20 1:28pm

What on earth does "soup to nuts" mean? Never heard that one before.

CougarTailDevourer

4/1/20 1:28pm

Full course meal: soup and then, as everyone knows, we all eat nuts for dessert

Ash

4/1/20 1:30pm

Put a stake in the ground. Tiger team.

Gentleman Stan

4/1/20 1:30pm

Put a pin in it

Bob Vance

4/1/20 1:31pm

"Bandwidth" and "Let's put a resource on that." Those are pretty de-humanizing

Ash

4/1/20 1:42pm

adjustments doesn't seem to fit with the others. Another is maniacal focus.

Unibro

4/1/20 2:05pm

MAFU

ConnCoug

4/1/20 2:15pm

Agree except if you have ever hunted quail, you know that you don't flesh out a

BR549

4/1/20 3:01pm

Based on this thread, I now know that the one guy I met that said flush out

Gentleman Stan

4/1/20 3:08pm

Maybe he hunted quail too. Lol

BR549

4/1/20 6:26pm

In a consulting/business environment, you would never use "flush out."

Iman23

4/2/20 7:29am

How about when consulting in a septic business environment? Would it then be ok

BR549

4/2/20 9:38am

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