made to order

[made to order] {adj. phr.}

1. Made specially in the way the buyer wants instead of all the same in large amounts; made especially for the buyer.

* /Mr. Black's clothes were all made to order./

Compare: MADE-TO-MEASURE. 2. Just right.

* /The weather was made to order for the hike./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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