off the peg

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off the peg (British) also off the hook (American & Australian)

if you buy clothes off the peg, you buy them in a standard size from a shop rather than having them made specially for you If I buy trousers off the peg, they're always too short.

See have down to a fine art, off hands, be out of head

See also: peg

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