Comments on: Fill a vacuum https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14709 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:18:43 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14709 ]]> In reply to Ken.

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By: Ken https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14695 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:26:04 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14695 In reply to Jeff.

I have seen this expression many times! Thank you for the useful feedback!

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14684 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:41:27 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14684 In reply to Ken.

Oh, that’s an expression. If you need a lot of something, you can say: “I need all the ____ I can get.” For example:

A: Would you like me to help out?
B: Why yes, thank you! I need all the help I can get.

So, I said that because baseball in the US is declining in popularity as people spend less time inside watching a 3-hour game. So the sport needs all the superstars it can get to help maintain interest.

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By: Ken https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14673 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:28:24 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14673 In reply to Jeff.

I have a question! Why did you put “it can get” after all the star? Even if you omit “it can get”, this sentence makes sense, I think.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14655 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:12:40 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14655 In reply to Ken.

Great example! Let’s hope so. Baseball needs all the stars it can get, to keep people’s attention.

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By: Ken https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14620 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:35:57 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14620 When Shohei Ohtani retire from baseball, a newcomer will fill the vacuum as a superstar.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14347 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:54:04 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14347 In reply to Jordi.

“Gap” is a common word, too – “fill the gap in the market”

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14346 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:53:49 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14346 In reply to Jordi.

“Fill a vacuum” is usually for when someone has left a space open (that was once filled). In this case, you can simply say, “fill the hole in the market and reach hundreds of millions of potential consumers.”

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By: Jordi https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14339 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:44:22 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14339 Muslims cannot drink wine because their religion does not allow them to drink alcohol. Now some Spanish wineries saw an opportunity and thus, began to produce alcohol-free wine and fill the vacuum to a new market of hundreds of millions of potential consumers.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fill-a-vacuum/#comment-14332 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:41:53 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=20985#comment-14332 In reply to Claudio.

Perfect example – instead of “someone didn’t appear” you can say, “nobody filled the vacuum…”

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