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in birthday suit

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*in one's birthday suit

Fig. naked; nude. (In the "clothes" in which one was born. *Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) I've heard that John sleeps in his birthday suit. We used to go down to the river and swim in our birthday suits.

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in your birthday suit

  (humorous)

not wearing any clothes

Usage notes: Babies are naked at the time of their birth.

He walked out of the bathroom in his birthday suit - obviously not expecting to find anyone in the flat.

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