fit out

verb

1. tr, adverb to equip; supply with necessary or new equipment, clothes, etc

noun

1. the act of equipping or supplying with necessary or new equipment; refurbishment

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.

Related Words

• arrange
• assemble
• brace
• develop
• draw up
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• form
• formulate
• gird
• make
• plan
• produce
• provide
• qualify
• ready
• strengthen
• supply
• train