на вырост

• НА ВЫРОСТ (НА РОСТ) шить, покупать и т. п. coll

[PrepP; these forms only; adv or nonagreeing modif]

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⇒ (usu. of children's clothing) (to sew, buy a piece of clothing etc) too big in order to allow for the wearer's growth:

- with room for s.o. to grow;

- with room (for s.o.) to grow into;

- to give s.o. room to grow (into);

- so (that) s.o. won't outgrow it too quickly.

     ♦ Московское платье оказалось превосходно: коричневые полуфрачки с бронзовыми пуговками были сшиты в обтяжку - не так, как в деревне нам шивали, на рост... (Толстой 2). Our Moscow clothes turned out to be superb: the brown dress coats had bronze buttons and were made close-fitting - not like they had been made in the country, with room for you to grow... (2b).

     ♦ Я - маленький гимназист в платье на вырост (Олеша 5). I am a small schoolboy wearing clothes that are too big so that I won't outgrow them too quickly (5a).