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Phrase(s): in rare form
1. Fig. well prepared for a good performance; at one’s best. • The goalie is in rare form today; that’s his third great save already. • We are not exactly in rare form on Monday mornings. 2. Inf. intoxicated. • Gert is in rare form, but she’ll have time to sleep it off. • When Harry was finally in rare form, he slid beneath the table.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs