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Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes

idiom
Meaning

One's best or most presentable clothes.


Examples
SIMPLE

He put on his Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes for the wedding.

CONTEXTUAL

Since it was their anniversary dinner, she decided to wear her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes to the restaurant.

COMPLEX

Although he usually preferred casual attire, he donned his Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes to make a favorable impression during the formal awards ceremony.

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    change of clothes

    A set of clothes in addition to those already worn.

  2. 02

    emperor's new clothes

    Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.

  3. 03

    swaddling clothes

    An early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.

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