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down pat

ADJECTIVE
down cold
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He had a string of one-liners down pat, a deep mine of anecdotes ready to roll out at any given moment, and a sureness of just how fortunate he had been to stumble on snooker.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

Reaser and Harner have the lines mostly down pat.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

Nolan did have the relax-it’s-all-over vibe down pat.

From Seattle Times Mar. 11, 2024

He seems to have his writing formula down pat, and the cozy-mystery factor is turned up to 11 with a Christmastime setting.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2023

He just couldn’t imagine a way to correctly predict the other Katherines without screwing up the ones he’d already gotten down pat.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green




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