Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Aug. 25, 2019	Aug. 26, 2018	Aug. 25, 2019	Aug. 26, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate	18.00%	7.40%	16.70%	48.40%
Decrease in discrete tax benefit (percent)	4.80%
Decrease in discrete tax benefit	$ 6.5
One-time tax charge (percent)		5.10%		36.00%
One-time tax charge related the impact of the Tax Act		$ 7.1		$ 129.6
Tax benefit from exercising of employee stock based compensation (percent)		3.40%
Tax benefit from exercising of employee stock based compensation		$ 4.7
Remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities (percent)				25.00%
Remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities				$ 91.5
Transition charges on undistributed foreign earnings (percent)				11.00%
Transition charges on undistributed foreign earnings				$ 38.1

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