fill (in) the gap

fill (in) the gap
{v. phr.} To supply a missing piece of information; provide a clue during the course of solving a mystery. * /Sherlock Holmes said, "These fingerprints are bound to fill the gap in our investigation."/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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