Debt Instrument, Covenant, Interest Rate Margin

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Interest Rate Margin Deemed

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Aggregate Principal Amount

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Interest Rate Margin

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Percentage of Eligible Credit Card Receivables

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Percentage of Eligible Credit Card Receivables Upon Satisfaction

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Percentage of Eligible Inventory

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Percentage of Eligible Inventory Upon Satisfaction

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

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Number of uncommitted lines of credit maintained by the reporting entity as of the balance sheet date.

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Line of Credit Facility, Uncommitted Expansion Feature, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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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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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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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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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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Long Term Debt - Asset-Based Credit Agreement (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Long Term Debt - Asset-Based Credit Agreement (Details)	Aug. 29, 2020 USD ($) line_of_credit	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2020 USD ($) line_of_credit	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 19, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of uncommitted lines of credit \| line_of_credit	2		2
Senior Unsecured Notes and Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 21,600,000	$ 18,200,000	$ 39,900,000	$ 36,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| New Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity per line	250,000,000		$ 250,000,000
Debt instrument term (in years)			5 years
Proceeds used to refinance borrowings					$ 236,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| ABL Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity per line					850,000,000
Expansion feature aggregate amount (up to)					$ 375,000,000
Loans outstanding						$ 0
Outstanding letters of credit						119,000,000.0
Percentage of eligible credit card receivables					70.00%
Percentage of eligible credit card receivables upon satisfaction					90.00%
Percentage of eligible inventory					70.00%
Percentage of eligible inventory upon satisfaction					90.00%
Aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents					$ 100,000,000
Aggregate principal amount					$ 600,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| ABL Facility [Member] \| LIBOR and CDOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum interest rate margin					1.00%
Interest rate margin deemed					1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| ABL Facility [Member] \| LIBOR and CDOR [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					2.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| ABL Facility [Member] \| LIBOR and CDOR [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					2.75%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| ABL Facility [Member] \| Alternate Base Rate and Canadian Prime Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum interest rate margin					2.00%
Interest rate margin deemed					2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| ABL Facility [Member] \| Alternate Base Rate and Canadian Prime Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					1.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| ABL Facility [Member] \| Alternate Base Rate and Canadian Prime Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					1.75%
Uncommitted Line of Credit Expiring August 30, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity per line	100,000,000		$ 100,000,000
Uncommitted Line of Credit Expiring February 23, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity per line	100,000,000		100,000,000
Other Assets [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs	$ 7,400,000		$ 7,400,000			$ 300,000