off-the-rack
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˌɔf ðə ˈræk/
- US
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- The dress she wore to the party was an elegant off-the-rack design.
- an off-the-rack suit
- an off-the-rack dress
- off-the-rack clothes
It's a really good cut and that's hard to find off off the rack, as it were.
- It's a really good cut and that's hard to find off off the rack, as it were.
- And did you feel like it had to fit you off the rack too?
Examples
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Off-the-rack suits are not made specifically for your body, but for someone else's.
Blog text (20) -
After all, everybody can simply go down to their local discount store and buy something off the rack.
Blog text (22) -
- Did you buy that off the rack?
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Every woman in the city has one of these, right off the rack.
Fiction book (1999) -
I need two new suits off the rack.
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As they speak, a rumpled, 50ish man in an off-the-rack suit gets out.
Fiction book (2001) -
She pulled off the jacket and threw it onto the counter, grabbing another one off the rack.
Fiction book (1994) -
He arrived at class in his best jacket, a sporty blue windbreaker fresh off the rack from Sears.
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At the same time, off-the-rack casual and sportswear are so popular and so prevalent that all an artist needs is a stylist to pull their look together.
Academic text (2006) -
He prefers to buy off-the-rack suits instead of customized ones.
Synonyms
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2.3
People buy it in a shop or store instead of making it at home
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3.3
An item you can buy and use right away that is not made for you
3
3.5
Clothes made in standard sizes that are sold in stores
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4.1
Made in common sizes and sold ready to use
1
6.0
Clothes made in standard sizes that you can buy
Antonyms
How Ready-made
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word off-the-rack comes from the idea of taking a garment off the rack in a shop, where off means 'away from' and rack is a 'place to hang clothes'. So an off-the-rack item is already made and ready to buy, not made to fit you.