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off-the-rack
[ awf-thuh-rak, of- ]
adjective
- (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made:
off-the-rack men's suits.
- Slang. off-the-wall.
Word History and Origins
Origin of off-the-rack1
Idioms and Phrases
Ready-made, as in She has all her clothes made; she never buys a dress off the rack . The rack here is a frame from which clothes are hung. [Mid-1900s] A British synonym is off the peg , similarly alluding to a knob from which clothes are hung and dating from the late 1800s. Also see off the shelf .Example Sentences
But there are times when off-the-rack arrangements just won’t cut it.
It prevents you from doing anything too foolish, while still freeing you of the compromise of the off-the-rack suit.
Through her work at RefineLA, Luo said she aims to help her peers find outlets for their self-expression through secondhand fashion — especially because thrifted pieces sometimes have an individuality that off-the-rack clothes lack.
Due in large part to globalization and offshoring, the prices of the things we want — electronics, household appliances, off-the-rack designer clothing and so forth — have generally increased slowly, or even gone down.
Sure, all of these things can be found in a commercially available, off-the-rack pair of jean shorts.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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