suited and booted
suited and booted
Meaning
- formally dressed; well dressed
- to get ready for something important and big
- to wear the best clothes in order to attend an important function
Example Sentences
- The party was all suited and booted to go out tonight but then the weather caught on and everything had to be cancelled.
- Even the babies at this party were so well suited and booted that one ought to have felt bad for underdressing for sure.
- He had make a real attempt to suit and boot when he had made up his mind to propose to her.
- I remember the balls that your father took me to when we were young. He would be all suited and booted. I can still see his cheerful smile through the evening.
- My grandfather would be suited and booted to go to the church every Sunday up until the time that he passed away. I carry his legacy now by doing the very same things on Sundays.
- The fact that you are suited and booted does not make you any less of a hooligan.
Origin
The phrase is speculated to have originated from the east. “Suited and booted” is a British expression which is most probably originated in India at the time when British rules in India. The suit and boot are a popular Indian way of asking to get ready or get prepared for a big event.