Debt - Debt Agreements Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended
May 01, 2022 USD ($)
Senior Term Loan Facility \| Term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Periodic payment as a percentage of original principal	0.25%
LIBOR floor (percent)	0.00%
Weighted average interest rate (percent)	3.57%
Debt covenant, consolidated secured leverage ratio	3.25
Senior Term Loan Facility \| Term loan \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	2.50%
Senior Term Loan Facility \| Term loan \| Federal funds rate, base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	0.50%
Senior Term Loan Facility \| Term loan \| LIBOR, base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	1.00%
Senior Term Loan Facility \| Term loan \| Base rate, margin
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	1.50%
Senior Term Loan Facility \| Term loan \| Level 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of debt	$ 1,468,000,000
Senior ABL Credit Facility \| Term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (percent)	2.49%
Senior ABL Credit Facility \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate commitments	$ 850,000,000
Fee on unfunded commitments (percent)	0.25%
Amount outstanding	$ 57,000,000
Debt covenant, consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio	1.00
Debt covenant, threshold percentage of borrowing base or aggregate effective commitments for fixed charge coverage ratio	10.00%
Senior ABL Credit Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	1.25%
Senior ABL Credit Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	1.75%
Senior ABL Credit Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| Alternate base rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	0.25%
Senior ABL Credit Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| Alternate base rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)	0.75%

Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Minimum

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Secured Coverage Ratio, Minimum

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Threshold Percentage Of Borrowing Base Or Commitments For Fixed Charge Coverage

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Debt Instrument, LIBOR Floor, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal, Percent

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

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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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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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- Definition

The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt outstanding calculated at point in time.

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