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off the rack

1. from among the goods available in stores We are requiring contestants to buy their outfits off the rack and banning custom-made costumes.

2. at the usual price Members can get discounts of up to 50 percent on the hotels' off-the-rack rates.

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off the rack

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.

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off the rack

Ready-made. Used of clothing.

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