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fitting out

fitting out is the present participle and gerund 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...

Questions about fitting out

What is fitting out the present participle and gerund of?
Fitting out is the present participle and gerund of fit out.

Words near fitting out in the dictionary

  1. fittin
  2. fittin'
  3. fitting
  4. fitting in
  5. fitting into
  6. fitting out
  7. fitting room
  8. fitting rooms
  9. Fitting subgroup
  10. Fitting subgroups
  11. fitting the bill

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