fit out

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to equip; supply with necessary or new equipment, clothes, etc

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noun

1. the act of equipping or supplying with necessary or new equipment; refurbishment

fit out Idioms  

1. Also, fit up. Equip or supply what is needed, as in They promised to fit out the expedition free of charge. This expression, dating from the late 1600s, originally was confined to furnishing a ship or other vessel with supplies, repairs, and the like. By the 1720s it was being used more broadly, as it still is.

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Example Sentences

It was used for fitting out ships for the Greenock Dockyard Company, lowering heavy objects into their hulls, particularly engines from the nearby Kincaid works.

From BBC

“That doesn’t mean there won’t be some good fits out there,” Riley said.

From Los Angeles Times

At the time he said it was a “significantly smaller cost” as they had removed much of the “fit out”.

From BBC

The ship had cost £5.5m - and after a few months of fitting out, it made its maiden voyage off Scotland's west coast in December.

From BBC

But it is understood that more work would be required before that could happen because the original construction deal involved some final fitting out work being completed in Australia.

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Related Words

• arrange
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• brace
• develop
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• form
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• gird
• make
• plan
• produce
• provide
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• ready
• strengthen
• supply
• train