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
AnnieAN-ee (English)English, French, Dutch
Koit-Estonian
Zaharinka-Bulgarian, Macedonian
FredFRED (English, French, Portuguese), FRET (Dutch, German)English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese
Leoffl&Aelig;D-Anglo-Saxon
Uliana-Russian