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Idiom

Sunday best

Meaning

A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He wore his Sunday best to the wedding.”

“Everyone dressed in their Sunday best for the annual dinner at the community center.”

“The guests arrived in their Sunday best, eager to impress the hosts at the formal garden party.”

Examples

simple

“He wore his Sunday best to the wedding.”

contextual

“Everyone dressed in their Sunday best for the annual dinner at the community center.”

complex

“The guests arrived in their Sunday best, eager to impress the hosts at the formal garden party.”

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