Usually means: Mastered thoroughly; perfectly understood skill.
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  1. down pat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. down pat: Wiktionary
  3. down pat: Dictionary.com
  4. down pat: FreeDictionary.org
  5. down pat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. down pat: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. down pat: Vocabulary.com

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  1. down pat: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (down pat)

▸ adjective:  Thoroughly practiced, rehearsed, or understood; mastered.

Similar:
perfect, down, mastered, cold, tight, off pat, studied, considered, well-laid, down to a fine art, more...

Opposite:
unfamiliar, unsure, uncertain, unpracticed, inexperienced

Phrases:
had down pat, has down pat, have down pat, having down pat, a comic might have it down pat, more...

Adjectives:
halfway decent, pat, proper, precisive, accurate, letter perfect, close, well, very, precise

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Similar:
perfect, down, mastered, cold, tight, off pat, studied, considered, well-laid, down to a fine art, more...

Opposite:
unfamiliar, unsure, uncertain, unpracticed, inexperienced

Phrases:
had down pat, has down pat, have down pat, having down pat, a comic might have it down pat, more...

Adjectives:
halfway decent, pat, proper, precisive, accurate, letter perfect, close, well, very, precise



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