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fit out

British  

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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"There are other physical results too: the English bulldog's head is now so big that puppies need to be birthed by Caesarean, for they won't fit out the birth canal," Horowitz added.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023

Their family helped them fit out the premises.

From BBC ● May 7, 2022

As the Dutch know, it makes sense – they’re big square spaces that are easy to fit out.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2015

Mr. McDonald said the partners have spent about $20 million to fit out the spaces.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015

She had fit out for the Territories and found them, he thought.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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