down cold, have



down cold, have

Learn or accomplish perfectly. For example, I have this song down cold. The slangy use of cold for "completely" dates from the late 1800s and the phrase itself from about 1900.
See also: down, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Balcher['ba:ltʃə]
Ferid-Azerbaijani, Bosnian
Jurryt-Frisian
Albertoahl-BER-to (Italian, Spanish), al-BER-too (Portuguese)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Chikakochee-kah-koJapanese
Anand-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali