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pat |
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pat verb | adjective
1 verb •Brian patted her on the shoulder:tap, slap lightly, clap, touch.▶noun 1.•a pat on the cheek:tap, light blow, clap, touch. 2.•a pat of butter:piece, dab, lump, portion, knob, mass, gobbet, ball, curl. PHRASES
pat on the back •Lenny's fellow students were eager to pat him on the back for his amazing test scores:congratulate, praise, take one's hat off to | commend, compliment, applaud, acclaim.
2 adjective •pat answers:glib, simplistic, facile, unconvincing.▶adverb •his reply came rather pat:opportunely, conveniently, at just/exactly the right moment, expediently, favorably, appropriately, fittingly, auspiciously, providentially, felicitously, propitiously. PHRASES
down pat •the understudy knew Lori's lines down pat:word-perfect, by heart, by rote, by memory.
get down pat •I have to get these lyrics down pat within the next two hours:memorize, commit to memory, remember, learn by heart, learn (by rote). |
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