adj. and adv. (colloquial).—Suitable; in good form.
1882. Punch, vol. LXXXII., p. 155, col. 1 (q.v.).
1884. A. LANG, in Longman’s Magazine, IV., 140. The really best moment in life is that which finds us young and FIT, bowling on a lively wicket, and conscious that we have considerable command of the ball.
1889. Evening Standard, 25 June. [Sir Chas. Russell’s speech in Durham-Chetwynd case.] Now. Mr. Lowther, I am not suggesting—and I wish to be perfectly understood—that to run a horse that is not perfectly FIT does not stand alone as an offence against the honourable conduct of any man on the turf.
FIT AS A FIDDLE, adj. phr. (colloquial).—AWFULLY FIT, i.e., in perfect condition.
TO FIT LIKE A BALL OF WAX, verb. phr. (common).—To fit close to the skin.
TO FIT LIKE A SENTRY BOX, verb. phr. (common).—To fit badly.
TO FIT LIKE A GLOVE, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To fit perfectly.
TO FIT TO A T, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To fit to a nicety. [In reference to the T square used in drawing.]
1791. BOSWELL, Johnson. You see they’d have FITTED HIM TO A T.
TO FIT UP A SHOW, verb. phr. (artists’).—To arrange an exhibition.
TO FIT ENDS (or END TO END), verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate. For synonyms, see RIDE.
