off pat



off pat

Perfectly; to a point of flawless and effortless execution. (Typically "have or learn something off pat.") I made sure to learn my speech off pat before the ceremony so I wouldn't spend the whole time looking down at piece of paper. My sister is such a musical prodigy that she can have a song off pat after listening to it only once or twice.
See also: off, pat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ekkebert-Ancient Germanic
FlorianFLO-ree-ahn (German), FLAWR-yahn (Polish)German, Polish, French
Evgeniyayev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)Bulgarian, Russian
Mathildema-TEELD (French), mah:-TIL-də (Dutch)French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Lodovico-Italian
Vasudha-Indian, Hindi