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ALL meanings of fit out

fit out
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  • adjective fit out adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops. 1
  • adjective fit out proper or becoming: fit behavior. 1
  • adjective fit out qualified or competent, as for an office or function: a fit candidate. 1
  • adjective fit out prepared or ready: crops fit for gathering. 1
  • adjective fit out in good physical condition; in good health: He's fit for the race. 1
  • adjective fit out Biology. being adapted to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age. contributing genetic information to the gene pool of the next generation. (of a population) maintaining or increasing the group's numbers in the environment. 1
  • verb with object fit out to be adapted to or suitable for (a purpose, object, occasion, etc.). 1
  • verb with object fit out to be proper or becoming for. 1
  • verb with object fit out to be of the right size or shape for: The dress fitted her perfectly. 1
  • verb with object fit out to adjust or make conform: to fit a ring to the finger. 1
  • verb with object fit out to make qualified or competent: qualities that fit one for leadership. 1
  • verb with object fit out to prepare: This school fits students for college. 1
  • verb with object fit out to put with precise placement or adjustment: He fitted the picture into the frame. 1
  • verb with object fit out to provide; furnish; equip: to fit a door with a new handle. 1
  • verb without object fit out to be suitable or proper. 1
  • verb without object fit out to be of the right size or shape, as a garment for the wearer or any object or part for a thing to which it is applied: The shoes fit. 1
  • noun fit out the manner in which a thing fits: The fit was perfect. 1
  • noun fit out something that fits: The coat is a poor fit. 1
  • noun fit out the process of fitting. 1
  • idioms fit out fit to be tied, Informal. extremely annoyed or angry: He was fit to be tied when I told him I'd wrecked the car. 1
  • idioms fit out fit to kill, Informal. to the limit; exceedingly: She was dressed up fit to kill. 1
  • transitivephrasal verb fit out equip 1
  • noun fit out Both fit and fitted are standard as past tense and past participle of fit1:  The new door fit  (or fitted) the old frame perfectly. The suit had fitted (or fit) well last year. Fitted is somewhat more common than fit in the sense “to adjust, make conform”:  The tailor fitted the suit with a minimum of fuss.  In the passive voice, fitted is the more common past participle:  The door was fitted with a new handle.   1
  • phrasal verb fit out If you fit someone or something out, or you fit them up, you provide them with equipment and other things that they need. 0
  • verb fit out to equip; supply with necessary or new equipment, clothes, etc 0
  • noun fit out the act of equipping or supplying with necessary or new equipment; refurbishment 0
  • verb fit out (Idiomatic) To provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out. 0
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