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(one's) Sunday best (one's) Sunday bestOne's very best clothes, as one would wear to a Sunday church service. Instead of some big party, let's all get dressed up in our Sunday best and go for lunch at a fancy restaurant for my birthday! This is going to be a formal event, so please come dressed in your Sunday best.See also: SundaySunday bestone's best clothing, which one would wear to church. (See also Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.) We are in our Sunday best, ready to go. I got mud on my Sunday best.See also: SundaySunday bestOne's finest clothes, as in They were all in their Sunday best for the photographer. This expression alludes to reserving one's best clothes for going to church; indeed, an older idiom is Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes ( meeting here meaning "prayer meeting"). [Mid-1800s] See also: Sundayyour Sunday ˈbest (informal, humorous) your best clothes: She got all dressed up in her Sunday best to meet her boyfriend’s parents.See also: SundaySunday best n. one’s best clothing, which one would wear to church. We are in our Sunday best, ready to go. See also: Sunday |