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fit out

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
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Idioms and Phrases

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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Example Sentences

At the time he said it was a “significantly smaller cost” as they had removed much of the “fit out”.

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The ship had cost £5.5m - and after a few months of fitting out, it made its maiden voyage off Scotland's west coast in December.

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But it is understood that more work would be required before that could happen because the original construction deal involved some final fitting out work being completed in Australia.

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The Glen Rosa was launched from the slipway earlier this year and fitting out work is expected to be complete by September 2025.

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Glen Rosa will be the heaviest vessel ever to leave the slipway at Ferguson's and once launched this afternoon will require more than a year of fitting out work before it is ready for delivery.

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