Debt Instrument, Covenant, Interest Rate Margin

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Interest Rate Margin Deemed

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Interest Rate Margin

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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 Upon Satisfaction

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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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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) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 28, 2021	Aug. 29, 2020	Aug. 28, 2021	Aug. 29, 2020	Aug. 09, 2021	Feb. 27, 2021	Jun. 19, 2020
Senior Unsecured Notes and Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 16,500,000	$ 21,600,000	$ 32,900,000	$ 39,900,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity per line					$ 1,000,000,000		$ 850,000,000
Expansion feature aggregate amount (up to)					$ 375,000,000
Loans outstanding	0		0
Outstanding letters of credit	145,700,000		145,700,000
Percentage of eligible credit card receivables upon satisfaction					90.00%
Percentage of eligible inventory upon satisfaction					90.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility \| Alternate Base Rate and Canadian Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum interest rate margin					1.00%
Interest rate margin deemed					1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility \| Alternate Base Rate and Canadian Prime Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility \| Alternate Base Rate and Canadian Prime Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					0.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility \| LIBOR and CDOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum interest rate margin					0.00%
Interest rate margin deemed					0.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility \| LIBOR and CDOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					1.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility \| LIBOR and CDOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					1.75%
Other Assets \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs	$ 8,300,000		$ 8,300,000			$ 6,100,000