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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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Line Of Credit Facility, Increase In Borrowing Capacity

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

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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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 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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Debt - Debt Agreements Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		9 Months Ended
Debt - Debt Agreements Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2022	Oct. 30, 2022	Jul. 27, 2021
Senior Term Loan due July 2028 \| Term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 1,500,000,000
Periodic payment as a percentage of original principal		0.25%
LIBOR floor (percent)		0.00%
Weighted average interest rate (percent)		6.53%
Debt covenant, consolidated secured leverage ratio		3.25
Senior Term Loan due July 2028 \| Term loan \| Level 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of debt		$ 1,442,000,000
Senior Term Loan due July 2028 \| Term loan \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		2.50%
Senior Term Loan due July 2028 \| Term loan \| Federal funds rate, base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		0.50%
Senior Term Loan due July 2028 \| Term loan \| LIBOR, base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		1.00%
Senior Term Loan due July 2028 \| Term loan \| Base rate, margin
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		1.50%
ABL Credit Facility Due July 2026 [Member] \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in aggregate commitments	$ 400,000,000
Senior ABL Credit Facility due July 2026 \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate commitments	$ 1,250,000,000
Fee on unfunded commitments (percent)		0.25%
Amount outstanding		$ 90,000,000
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 due July 2026 \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate \| Revolving credit facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		1.25%
Senior ABL Credit Facility due July 2026 \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate \| Revolving credit facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		1.75%
Senior ABL Credit Facility due July 2026 \| Alternate base rate \| Revolving credit facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		0.25%
Senior ABL Credit Facility due July 2026 \| Alternate base rate \| Revolving credit facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		0.75%
Senior ABL Credit Facility due July 2026 \| Term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (percent)		4.14%