Debt Instrument, Maturity, Extension Period

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Repayments Of Debt From Cash Flow Generation

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Voluntary Repayments of Debt

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Write Off Of Debt Issuance Discount

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (b)
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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
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LONG-TERM DEBT - Refinancing Activities, Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 22, 2020	Oct. 22, 2018	May 01, 2021	Jan. 30, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020	May 01, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt maturity, extension period					3 years
First Term Loan Amendment \| LIBOR \| Secured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			3.50%	4.25%
First Term Loan Amendment \| Base rate \| Secured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			2.50%	3.25%
Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Voluntary repayments of debt				$ 150.0
Term Loan Facility, Term B Tranche \| Secured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term		7 years
Term Loan Facility, Term B Tranche \| LIBOR \| Secured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			3.50%
Term Loan Facility, Term B Tranche \| Base rate \| Secured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			2.50%
Senior Notes due 2028, 6.750% \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term					8 years
ABL Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Voluntary repayments of debt					$ 36.0
Secured debt \| Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Voluntary repayments of debt			$ 9.9
Required prepayments of debt			$ 2.8		72.0
Write off of unamortized debt issuance costs				$ 5.7
Repayments of debt					108.0
Secured debt \| Term Loan Facility, Term B Tranche
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required prepayments of debt					72.0
Write off of unamortized debt issuance costs					12.0
Repayments of debt	$ 500.0				500.0	$ 770.7
Write off of unamortized debt issue discount					$ 11.8