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Meanings of off-the-peg in английском

(Especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock.

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        Examples for "off-the-rack"
        Examples for "off-the-rack"
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        No offense, but that cheap off-the-rack suit doesn't help you fit in.
        The capitol game
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        They were both wearing off-the-rack suits, and neither looked very happy.
        Monster Hunter International
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        It appeared to have been customised, with the off-the-rack version almost floor length.
        News.com.au
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        He wore an off-the-rack blue suit that draped nicely over his fit body.
        Storm Front
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        Nothing vital, nothing that wasn't off-the-rack at any decent sawbones.
        Sea of Rust
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        Optus said an off-the-shelf product will be available in the coming months.
        News.com.au
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        There were no off-the-shelf procedures or lists of war crimes to use.
        War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
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        Consumer-electronics companies are now trying to step in to offer off-the-shelf gadgets.
        Wired
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        But the rest is from a number of commercial, off-the-shelf software programs.
        Wired
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        There are all kinds of off-the-shelf schemes to help people do this.
        The Guardian
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        The ready-to-wear clothes industry, New York's major industry, is almost exclusively Jewish.
        Hermit in paris: autobiographical writings
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        His fashion empire includes a ready-to-wear collection, accessories, home decor and fragrance.
        Reuters
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        He refused to compromise and produce ready-to-wear like so many other couturiers.
        The new yorker
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        Or did he patronize a ready-to-wear shop that catered especially to primates?
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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        He quit Patou, and hired himself out as a freelance ready-to-wear designer.
        The Guardian
        Usage of off-the-peg in английском
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        Next year she will launch an off-the-peg range at more affordable prices.
        The Irish Times
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        Excuse me while I fall screaming into a gaping off-the-peg CGI ravine.
        The Irish Times
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        She was short, slender, and well-dressed in an off-the-peg but good-quality turquoise skirt suit.
        Moon Over Soho
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        His strange American film Fear X looked a little too much like off-the-peg David Lynch.
        The Irish Times
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        He bought a small, off-the-peg company, endowed it with the money, and applied for charitable status.
        Anansi Boys
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        There is a scattering of recent additions, such as an off-the-peg shed painted with pictures of ice-creams.
        The Guardian
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        Graham Henry An off-the-peg World Cup winner.
        The Guardian
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        But whether it offers something richer and more complex than an off-the-peg inflatable attraction remains to be seen.
        The Guardian
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        Sitting outside his off-the-peg beach house was more like Purgatory, except Purgatory was meant to be heaven's anteroom.
        Bedlam
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        I'd never, ever get rid of quality clothes, although quality is becoming increasingly difficult to find in off-the-peg clothes.
        The Guardian
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        Caught between a recession and the threat of climate change, a cash-strapped government is grasping for plausible off-the-peg solutions.
        The Guardian
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        But McKinley, a huge talent, makes of these off-the-peg inheritances a powerful, original work that beguiles, amuses and unsettles.
        The Irish Times
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        Marian Gale sells a full range of off-the-peg dresses from sizes 6 to 18.
        The Irish Times
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        The lobbyists write it much better than I do." "We are used now to seeing lobbyists provide off-the-peg amendments," says McCarthy.
        Reuters
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        Far too many independent American comedies trade in a kind of off-the-peg zany anarchy that long ago congealed into its own desperately overworked genre.
        The Irish Times
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        A simple off-the-peg solution that will amp up your hall storage by 20 sq feet can be purchased in the West Elm January sale.
        The Irish Times