de rigeur

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de rigeur (formal)

if something is de rigeur, it is necessary if you want to be thought fashionable or if you want to follow a custom Leather jackets and jeans are still de rigeur for hard rock fans.

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DRESSING down has become de rigeur among the professional classes of late, but it seems Liverpool's staunch traditionalists may be leading a sartorial fightback. Trading gossip by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) At Conkers, though, it's de rigeur to let your children off the leash. DaysOut; GRAHAM YOUNG HEADS FOR CONKERS IN THE NATIONAL FOREST by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) With defined guitars, some electronica that seems to be de rigeur for a pop song these days, plus a majorly catchy hook and sing-along lines, the track is a good bet for chart success. YOUNG REVIEWERS 2009/10 [...] by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			dawdle away dawdle over dawn dawn on day day after day day and night day by day day in and day out day in, day out day late and a dollar short day of reckoning day off day one day person day-to-day day-tripper daydream about daylight daylight robbery days days are numbered days on end days running de facto de rigeur de trop dead dead ahead dead and buried dead and gone dead as a dodo dead as a doornail dead broke dead cat on the line dead center dead certain dead drunk dead duck dead easy dead from the neck up dead giveaway dead in or an animal's tracks dead in the water dead letter dead loss dead meat Dead men tell no tales dead of winter dead on dead on arrival			De proprietate probanda De Qi De Queen Branch Library de Quervain's disease de Quervain's disease de Quervain's fracture de Quervain's fracture de Quervain's fracture de Quervain's fracture de Quervain's fracture De Quervain's Tenosynovitis De Quervain's thyroiditis de qui De Quincey De Quincey De Quincey De Quincey, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas De Quincy De quota litis De Rada, Ieronim De re de re decedere de re disserere De reparatione facienda De Rerum Natura De Rerum Novarum De Rerum Novarum De Ridder de rigeur de rigueur de rigueur de rigueur De Rijke Marsh Morgan de Rivera, José de Rivera, José De Robeck, John Michael De Roberto, Federico De Roburt, Hammer De Rodes, Johann De Rothschild De Roy, Henri de Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon De Sabata, Victor De sacy de Sade De Sade, Donatien Alphonse François De Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François De Sammensluttede Vognmaend De Samvirkende Danske Landboforeninger De Sanctis, Francesco De Sanctis, Francesco De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome De Santis, Giuseppe de Saram, Rohan de Saussure de Saussure De Savary, Peter John

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