in style
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2.9
- idiom
:
a la moda
- So I drove back to school in style, and my junior year went smoothly.
Just cause it's in style don't mean it ought to be in your closet.
- Just cause it's in style don't mean it ought to be in your closet.
- By which time this haircut might be in style.
- The brand is in style and it says it's an impression of a actual perfume.
Examples
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If I'm showing up, I've got to show up in style, you know?
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I'm traveling the world and doing it in style
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Now we roll this thing in style to my office.
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Then I can take care of you in style.
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How would you like to travel in style for a change?
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If you have to travel alone, travel in style.
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I can get a job right away and support you in style.
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When I bought them, they were very much in style on campus.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's time to step out in style, rain or shine.
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She always dresses in style, wearing the latest fashion trends.
Synonyms
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2.2
Fashionable and attractive to many people
156
6.8
Aware of and following the latest trends
85
2.6
Popular now because it follows the current style
85
2.0
Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive
64
3.1
Very fashionable and popular now
42
3.4
Having the latest style or information
27
2.6
Popular and seen as stylish now
24
5.5
Very popular and fashionable at a certain time
11
8.1
Knowing and following the latest trends
10
3.8
Fashionable and popular now
3
3.7
Fashionable and popular right now
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2.5
Popular now with many people
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7.4
A thing that is in style and popular now like clothes or hair
In the current style that many people like
Having a style many people like now
Very stylish and popular with people who follow new fashions
Slightly fashionable in a young, modern way
Looking fashionable and attractive in a way people admire
Wearing stylish, elegant clothes
Antonyms
How Fashionable
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5.1
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3.1
85
2.0
51
2.9
208
1.0
149
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'fashionable' is directly derivable from combining 'in' (being within/part of) with 'style' (fashion), so 'in style' straightforwardly conveys 'within the current fashion'. This compositional pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
In style comes from the simple image of being inside a current way of dress: being in a particular style. So, if you are in style, you are 'fashionable' and follow the latest trends.