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See: BEST BIB AND TUCKER or SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES.

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best bib and tucker

[best bib and tucker] or [Sunday best] or [Sunday go-to-meeting clothes] {n. phr.}, {informal} Best clothes or outfit of clothing. * /The cowboy got all dressed up in his best […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Sunday best

[Sunday best] or [Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes] See: [BEST BIB AND TUCKER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

meeting

[meeting] See: [BEST BIB AND TUCKER] or [SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

[go] See: [HERE GOES], [HERE GOES NOTHING], [BEST BIB AND TUCKER] or [SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING CLOTHES], [COMINGS AND GOINGS], [EASY COME EASY GO], [GET GOING], [GET-UP-AND-GO] [HAVE A GO AT], [HEART GOES […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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