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fits out

fits out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fit out.

Meaning of fit 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...

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What is fits out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fits out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fit out.

Words near fits out in the dictionary

  1. fitroot
  2. fits
  3. fits and starts
  4. fits in
  5. fits into
  6. fits out
  7. fits the bill
  8. fits together
  9. fits up
  10. fitspiration
  11. fitspo

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