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fit someone or something out

(for something) to equip someone or something for something; to outfit someone or something for something. We are going to fit our boat out so we can live on it during a long cruise. We fit out the children in funny costumes for Halloween.

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fit someone or something out (with something)

to provide or furnish someone or something with something. They fit out the campers with everything they needed. They fit them out for only $140.

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fit out

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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fit out

v.

To dress or decorate something or someone: We'll fit you out with an excellent suit for the party. The tailor fit out the entire bridal party yesterday.

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