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fit out

fit out verb: to provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.

Verb

fit out (third-person singular simple present fits out, present participle fitting out, simple past and past participle fitted out)

  1. (idiomatic) To provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.
    • On hearing of this determination, Mr. [John Jacob] Astor immediately proceeded to fit out a ship called the Enterprise, to sail in company with the Adams, freighted with additional supplies and reinforcements for Astoria.1836 October, Washington Irving, chapter XXV, in Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard...
    • On April 7, 1863, I received orders from General Rosecrans to proceed with the Provisional Brigade ... to Nashville, and to fit out as speedily as possible for an expedition to the interior of Alabama and Georgia, for the purpose of destroying the railroads and other rebel property in that country.1864, Abel D. Streight, Report of Col. Abel D. Streight, August 22, 1864

fit out meaning in Tamil

fit out in Tamil

to fit out, make suitable
பண்ணு paṇṇu

Forms of fit out

third-person singular presentfits out
present participlefitting out
past participlefitted out
pastfitted out

Words formed from fit out

Questions about fit out

What does fit out mean?
Fit out means to provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.
What is fit out in Tamil?
Fit out in Tamil is பண்ணு (paṇṇu). See Fit out meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fit out?
Fit out is a verb.
What is the past tense of fit out?
The past tense of fit out is fitted out.

Words near fit out in the dictionary

  1. fit in
  2. fit into
  3. fit like a glove
  4. fit note
  5. fit notes
  6. fit out
  7. fit rod
  8. fit rods
  9. fit the bill
  10. fit to be tied
  11. fit to burst

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fit out (page history and authors); பண்ணு (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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