off-the-peg
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of off-the-peg
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
As travel ceased, she put the holidays on hold and pivoted to selling both off-the-peg and bespoke products online.
From Washington Post
However, that system was intended for making bespoke suits, and not for matching customer sizes to existing off-the-peg products.
From BBC
Her research is housed in a series of three charming little timber-framed houses with ornamental rooftops, available to buy off-the-peg in Bangladesh, designed to be disassembled and moved on a truck at a moment’s notice.
From The Guardian
Mourinho might have had a clue that off-the-peg players do not always thrive in different environments through Mkhitaryan’s generally disappointing performances for United.
From The Guardian
She only produces four or five copies of each design, so it is almost like haute couture but at off-the-peg prices.
From The Guardian
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
