Long-Term Debt - 2026 Revolving Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021	Jan. 29, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 136,700,000
2030 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Private offered aggregate principal amount rate	5.00%
2026 Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,400,000,000	$ 1,400,000,000
Line of credit facility	225,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity	1,000,000,000.0
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 136,700,000
Line of credit commitment fee percentage	0.375%
Interest rates of outstanding letters of credit	1.50%
Fronting fee per annum	0.125%
Minimum fixed charge ratio	1.00
Debt instrument, covenant description	In addition, the 2026 revolving credit facility also contains a financial covenant requiring the satisfaction of a minimum fixed charge ratio of 1.00 to 1.00 if our excess availability falls below the greater of $80.0 million or 10% of the maximum borrowing amount, which was $140.0 million as of March 31, 2021.
Debt instrument minimum excess availability-dollars	$ 80,000,000.0
Debt instrument minimum excess availability-percentage	10.00%
Debt instrument covenant maximum borrowing capacity amount	$ 140,000,000.0
2026 Revolving Credit Facility \| Eurodollar Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument applicable rate	1.50%
2026 Revolving Credit Facility \| Eurodollar Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument applicable rate	2.00%
2026 Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument applicable rate	0.50%
2026 Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument applicable rate	1.00%

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Debt instrument covenant minimum excess availability dollars.

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Debt instrument covenant minimum excess availability percentage.

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Debt instrument covenant minimum fixed charge coverage ratio.

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Letter of credit fronting fees percentage.

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The interest rate charged on outstanding letters of credit during the reporting period.

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

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Description of minimum financial levels (for example, tangible net worth and working capital) and achievement of certain financial ratios (for example, working capital ratio and debt service coverage ratio), and adherence to certain clauses which generally require or restrict certain actions (for example, entering into a debt arrangement with equal or greater seniority, and selling or discontinuing a certain business segment or material subsidiary) to be in compliance with the covenant clauses of the debt agreement. May also include a discussion of the adverse consequences that would result if the entity violates or fails to satisfy the covenants.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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