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Julia Huong
2022-07-26 12:07
Make (something) to measure British verb phrase UK informal
To design an item of clothing with the specific measurements of a certain person.
He looks very stately in a suit. It looks as if it was made to measure.
I've tried a made-to-measure dress, but it looks so ugly.
I decided to buy a shirt in the market because having clothes made to measure was rather expensive.
1. Of clothing, to have been specially made to fit a particular person.
2. To be perfectly suitable for something or someone.
1. To turn up at a place by means of something.
2. To turn up at a place in a particular outfit.
Dressed in a style related to hip-hop culture.
Do you see anything wrong?
To be hilarious or enjoyable
"He's a serious person.- Yes, not a barrel of laughter exactly".
