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suited and booted

Syllables: suit·ed and boot·ed/ˌsuːtɪd n̩ ˈbuːtɪd/US/ˌsutɪd n̩ ˈbutɪd/

suited and booted adjective: dressed smartly, especially in business or formal wear.

Adjective

suited and booted (not comparable)

  1. (UK, informal) Dressed smartly, especially in business or formal wear.
    • You can get Suited and Booted at such figures as will astonish you at the Star Store.1876 November 30, “Local notices [advertisements]”, in Ja[me]s M. Cavaness, editor, Southern Kansas Advance, volume 8, number 47 (number 411 overall), Chetopa, Kan.: Jas. M. Cavaness, page 3, column 3
    • Heroines will be suited and booted in tweeds this winter. Anyway, that is Dorothy Mackaill's latest street costume; a tweed suit and shoes of the same material trimmed with a little leather.[1928 December 19, “Screen Life in Hollywood: Tailored shoes”, in Mandan Daily Pioneer, volume XV, number 198, Mandan, N.D.: Pioneer Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 5
    Synonyms:
    suited-booted
  2. (UK, figuratively, informal) Dressed, equipped, or otherwise well prepared for a certain situation.
    • An older respondent, aged 65, humorously commented on the modern prospective son-in-law: “He only wants a watch, a ring, a gold chain, to be ‘suited’ and ‘booted’.” It was not so much caste or education that stood in the way—a good dowry was the answer!1983, Hazel D’Lima, “Social Outlook and Awareness of Respondents”, in Women in Local Government: A Study of Maharashtra, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 95
    • She rumbled through her dresser drawer finding an old pair of sweats with a sports bra and tank top sliding into them quickly. She put on a thick pair of tube socks and laced up her Timbs. Suited and booted she went downstairs to wait for them to arrive.2012, Nicety [pseudonym], “Worship”, in Killing Me Softly, Chicago, Ill.: Black Cherry Publishing, →ISBN, pages 235–236

Examples of suited and booted in a sentence

  • Jauntily suited and booted, Kathy Sheron (15), of Whitson-road, Huntington Station, New York, arrives in London to claim her prize.1965 August 7, The Guardian Journal, number J43,507, G34,027, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: T. Bailey Forman, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:
  • The ultimate in suede suited and booted for individualists [title]1974 November, “The Ultimate in Suede Suited and Booted for Individualists [advertisement]”, in John H[arold] Johnson, editor, Ebony...
  • A couple of suited and booted business types appeared by my side, tossing peanuts into their mouths and gawping at the screens as though they had never seen a television before.2002, Tony Parsons, chapter 13, in Man and Wife, special overseas edition, London: HarperCollins, published 2003, →ISBN, part 2 (Your Heart...
  • The image was that of a suited and booted, westernized gentleman holding a copy of the Constitution in one hand.2006, Badri Narayan, “Visuals, Cultural Performances and Myths”, in Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and...

Synonyms of suited and booted

Origin of suited and booted

From suited (“wearing a suit”, adjective) + and + booted (“wearing a boot or boots”, adjective), the words chosen for the rhyme.

Words that rhyme with suited and booted

Questions about suited and booted

What does suited and booted mean?
Suited and booted means dressed smartly, especially in business or formal wear.
How do you use suited and booted in a sentence?
Jauntily suited and booted, Kathy Sheron (15), of Whitson-road, Huntington Station, New York, arrives in London to claim her prize.
What part of speech is suited and booted?
Suited and booted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce suited and booted?
Suited and booted is pronounced /ˌsuːtɪd n̩ ˈbuːtɪd/ (UK).

Words near suited and booted in the dictionary

  1. suitcasing
  2. suitcoat
  3. suitcoats
  4. suite
  5. suited
  6. suited and booted
  7. suited down to the ground
  8. suited one's book
  9. suited oneself
  10. suited the action to the word
  11. suited up

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