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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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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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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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Pending Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands, € in Millions, shares in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2018 EUR (€) shares	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 EUR (€)	Sep. 18, 2018 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Foreign currency forward contract liability		$ 42,555
Erwin Hymer Group
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business \| €	€ 1,700
Business acquisition, equity consideration \| shares	2.3
Business acquisition, debt assumed \| €			€ 440
Foreign currency forward contract liability		42,555	€ 1,625
Other expenses		$ 14,534
Erwin Hymer Group \| Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Credit facility term	7 years
Amount of debt financing				$ 2,300,000
Asset Based Credit Facility [Member] \| Erwin Hymer Group
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Credit facility term	5 years
Amount of debt financing				$ 750,000
Line of credit facility, unused capacity commitment fee percentage	0.25%
Line of credit, fixed charge coverage ratio	100.00%
Asset Based Credit Facility [Member] \| Erwin Hymer Group \| LIBOR rate \| Us Tranche
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Interest rate		3.75%	3.75%
Asset Based Credit Facility [Member] \| Erwin Hymer Group \| EURIBOR rate \| Euro Tranche
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Interest rate		4.00%	4.00%
Asset Based Credit Facility [Member] \| Erwin Hymer Group \| Minimum \| LIBOR rate
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, interest rate				1.25%
Asset Based Credit Facility [Member] \| Erwin Hymer Group \| Maximum \| LIBOR rate
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, interest rate				1.75%
Asset Based Credit Facility [Member] \| Erwin Hymer Group \| Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, minimum principal payment percentage		1.00%
Line of credit facility, installment payment percentage		0.25%
Line of credit, frequency of installment payments		Quarterly