Debt Instrument, Basis Spread On Variable Rate, Condition One

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Debt Instrument, Basis Spread On Variable Rate, Condition Two

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Line Of Credit Facility, Line of Credit Availability for No Covenant Requirements

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Line Of Credit Facility, Quarterly Availability, Percentage Of Commitment Fee Maximum, For Condition One

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Line Of Credit Facility, Quarterly Availability, Percentage Of Commitment Fee Minimum, For Condition Two

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Line Of Credit Facility, Quarterly Availability, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage, Maximum for Condition One

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Line Of Credit Facility, Quarterly Availability, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage, Minimum For Condition Two

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Line Of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage, Condition One

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Line Of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage, Condition Two

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Line of Credit Facility, Expansion Option

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Description of reference rate used for variable rate of debt instrument.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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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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Average amount borrowed under the credit facility during the period.

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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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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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Revolving Credit Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Revolving Credit Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2022	Jan. 30, 2021	Feb. 01, 2020	Mar. 25, 2020
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]
Borrowing capacity	$ 800,000,000	$ 800,000,000
Expansion option	200,000,000
Credit agreement
Outstanding borrowings under the credit facility	0			$ 779,000,000
Debt issuance costs related to 2020 amendment	$ 3,200,000
Reference rate	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate, condition one	1.75%
Quarterly availability, percentage of commitment fee maximum for condition one	50.00%
Basis spread on variable rate, condition two	1.50%
Quarterly availability, percentage of commitment fee minimum for condition two	50.00%
Commitment fee for unused borrowings, condition one	0.30%
Unused borrowings, percentage of total commitment maximum for condition one	35.00%
Commitment fee for unused borrowings, condition two	0.25%
Unused borrowings, percentage of total commitment minimum for condition two	35.00%
Minimum line of credit availability for no financial covenant requirements	$ 80,000,000
Letters of credit issued	20,100,000
Weighted-average borrowings	0	$ 148,600,000	$ 76,900,000
Unutilized credit facility borrowing capacity	$ 700,600,000